Standing Next To Me
It’s not so much forgiveness
I long for
It’s not teshuvah
Transformation
It’s relationship
It’s standing with –
Great is teshuvah
because it brings
healing to the world – Resh Lakish
I asked Resh Lakish
What is it
I am yearning for
right now?
It’s not teshuvah
transformation
it’s standing next to me
Standing next to me
it’s nextism
withism
in the sacred tongue
ee-tee
with-oot
ee-toot [Exodus 33:21]
Next to me
wrapped in a prayer of fringes
wrapped in a shawl of light –
Healing said Resh Lakish
that’s what you’re yearning for
Don’t
let that become
a cliché.