Give and Take

There was a time
When all I sought
Was simple pleasure

Which then evolved
To seeking more the
Spiritual kind

Now even that
Cannot compare
To one small measure

Of knowing that
I took Your Name
And made it mine.

I am the Place

In memory of Neely Snyder and in honor of her heroic husband, Joshua.


I am the Place


In which you sit
Life, vest,
Oxygen, mask.

I am the belt
Holding you tight
Buckling and
Unbuckling.


I am the seat
That makes you float
If you hug me
Against your chest.


I am the One
Who comforts you,
Pilot signaling
It's safe to stand.




Note: "The Place" (HaMakom) is one of G-d's names, used primarily in the words of consolation used in addressing those in mourning, "sitting Shivah": May the  Omnipresent (lit. "the Place") comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem."  

Tenth Sense

The Song

Of Mashiach

Is simple,

Its sound

Is the beat

Of the heart.

Its smell

Is pure

Inspiration,

Its sight

Is the light

Of the sun.

Its taste

Is new and

familiar,

Its touch

Is a hug

Nicely done.

Landing Again

Landing Again

I am
Here now,
And have
A G-d.

For Him,
I still
Never
Had left.

I hope
One day
To feel
That, too.

Rachel

Many think that for
The Messiah to come 
There must be war. 
In truth, there must be peace. 

The only weapon 
Needed to conquer 
The entire world 
Will be a mother's prayer.