This Shabbat, What We Will Do

This Shabbat we will rest from our fears

And exercise our endurance. 

This Shabbat we will use our brains

And ignore the lure of cults and false gods. 

This Shabbat wewill laugh at the schmucks in power

And dance away from their greed and fascism. 

This Shabbat we will reject tempting easy answers 

And embrace doubt and obligation.  

This Shabbat we will pray through the cruelty

And revel in the bravery of love.  

This Shabbat we will welcome the stranger

And defend democracy. 

This Shabbat, this is what we will do. 

Shabbat Shalom 

Amen

Bending The Knee

 

Blessed Was/Is/Will Be,

For the happy memories 

Of myself as

A contrarian

A feminist 

A Jew 

An artist

An annoying woman

I bend the knee 

In gratitude

For who and what I was. 

For the absolute disgust

Brought on

By the oligarchs

The fascists

The opportunists

The racists

The misogynists

I bend the knee  

In gratitude

For who and what I am. 

For the old lady joy I get when

I see the young

Organize

March

Resist

Annoy

Pray

I bend the knee 

In gratitude

For reminding me who and what we will be. 

Amen