I flew amidst the bumpiness of air currents Not knowing that between land and cloud It wasn’t wind, but Death blowing in, come to snatch The final breath Of one who would never reach His 2nd birthday.
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While her baby was dying
Posted in Babies, Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Natural World, Sons, Tulips on April 8, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
This Spring
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Flowers, Healing, Seasons on February 25, 2015 | 2 Comments »
First the crocuses, bursting blue and purple, then the yellow of daffodils, now the blaze of tulips pushing forward to the front of the line, boisterous school children lined up for recess, struggling to wait their turn, antsy, unruly, yet held to the rules, holding, each in its turn, colors and shapes harmonizing, each stem […]
Transliteration
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Fantasies, Fathers, Lust, Meditation, Prayer, Religion, Writing on February 18, 2015 | 1 Comment »
When a Jewish parent dies, the surviving adult child is obligated to recite the Kaddish, the Mourner’s Prayer that never mentions death, twice a day for 11 months. Prayer books print three versions: the Hebrew, the transliteration of the Hebrew, and a translation into the reader’s primary language, such as English or Spanish. Yitgadal […]
Forbidden
Posted in Adam and Eve, Daughters, Death/Loss/Grief, Dreams, Fathers, Love, Religion on January 19, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
I I wonder about the conversations between Adam and Eve. Adam didn’t exactly come home after a long day and tell Eve all about the petty little aggressions at work. Eve didn’t meet Adam at the garden’s gate with stories of how the kids got on her nerves; she conceived her first child after […]