The Great Listening [spoken on Yom Kippur]
I climb up that large ayin
slide down the big dalet
can I be a witness
I turn it in dyslexia
plow the language like a palindrome
Da’ – know.
I climb up the Hebrew running right to left
jump it back left to right
let all directions rocket into the ascent of letters
into Da’ – knowing:
HaShem Eloheinu
HaShem Echad
G*d is one
G*d alone
only Go*d
lonely G*d.
Tell G*d in your prayers to lose that loneliness
— we are witnessing;
at least along for the ride
trying to know something
when knowing is not everything.
O holy G*d
We are trying to do something
Right
after all.
[Oh, that Name —
That Name
Always].
jsg, usa