A Blessing On Finishing the Counting Of The Omer

© 2015 Patricia Arlin

Blessed One-ness

Why did I count the Omer?

Every night I counted….what?

The grains of wheat I harvested?
My bread comes wrapped in plastic so,

Uh, no.

Counting the days until Shavuot?

I have a calendar on my phone, alerts that ring out

So, again, no.

So why did I count?
I didn't know why I counted until I counted,
then--

Each date noted was a day stopped, if only for a moment.

A shabbat every day
And it was holy, 
Each day separated
All days the same.
So, this then, yes.

With a blessing for each day,

And a blessing for the count,
And a blessing for the counters,

I am in the blessed One-ness.

Amen