Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Shema

 




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

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