Cover yours eyes and listen.
Listen at home
To room tone;
To scratching behind the walls;
To the neighbors fighting;
To traffic.
Listen outside
To birds singing for sex and babies;
To wild animals hunting or being hunted;
To children yelling, My Turn, as they play;
To the wind.
Listen inside
To your heartbeat slowing down;
To your stomach rumbling;
To your mind paying attention;
To your breath.
Listen in shul
To the siddur pages turning;
To the children squirming;
To feet stepping back three times;
To the silent prayers.
Shema!
Listen, everybody!
Adonai Eloheinu,
We hear the Holy Wholeness everywhere.
Adonai Echad,
One-ness is us.
Open your eyes.
Amen
