Essays, notes, poems, and prayers
Writing
Most of this started as a Facebook post and got a second life here. Every piece carries its date in two calendars.
- 7 June 2026כ״ב בסיוון תשפ״וPoem
A Flower from the Patch
If I offered you a flower Plucked from the patch Growing between concrete And asphalt No word could hold its petals Or trace its severed stem What passes between lovers...
- 7 June 2026כ״ב בסיוון תשפ״וPoem
-Bellum
"-Bellum: A Meditation on Thanotic Theater" The roar of the modern age Tears across my night sky The mask has fallen The reverberating backdrop of stitched sounds The vibrations painted...
- 29 March 2026י״א בניסן תשפ״וPoem
Peace Upon
Peace upon my enemies May their cups overflow May they lack for nothing Peace upon my friends May their journey in this life Be through paradise May they never enter...
- 20 March 2026ב׳ בניסן תשפ״וPoem
A Shabbath of Peace
On Shabbath even the souls trapped in the hell they made get respite from their suffering. I pray for my soul, for my wife, for my daughters, for the other...
- 2 March 2026י״ג באדר תשפ״וPoem
Prayer in War
May the righteous Lord of war Protect the innocent Punish the wicked Rescue the stranded Heal the wounded Avenge Your image Profaned for so long May our Father in the...
- 15 February 2026כ״ח בשבט תשפ״וPoem
Blessed Is the One Who Enlightens the Blind
When I think of where You placed me A garden, watered by mist and river A stretch of sand and sky between salty depths A small rock spinning around a...
- 15 February 2026כ״ח בשבט תשפ״וPoem
Child of the Moon
Oh child of the moon Your tides are gently rising With the shadow across your face Your eyes glow with reflected light Luminous pools, overflowing, then Narrowing into shining slivers...
- 1 November 2025י׳ בחשוון תשפ״וPoem
Go to Yourself
Go to yourself From what you were Told you are From your father's Hopes and dreams From the limits Of those around you To the land that I will show...
- 30 September 2025ח׳ בתשרי תשפ״וPoem
We Are Guilty
All year long we avoid our shadow, we avert our gaze from the many ways in which it falls upon others and robs them of the light... All year long...
- 30 August 2025ו׳ באלול תשפ״הPoem
Daughter of Many Worlds
Welcome, my dear Daughter of many worlds Dropped into this thin plane Of cells and stardust Across invisible bands Beneath the rainbow Form made flesh Revelation of the obsidian light...
- 22 July 2025כ״ו בתמוז תשפ״הPoem
Lord of Dreams
O El Lord of dreams Show my soul your garden Of cosmic vines heavy with starry fruit And trees five hundred years wide Ever presently fragrant blossoms unfolding into infinity...
- 14 July 2025י״ח בתמוז תשפ״הPoem
Spirit in the Leaves
Listen My daughter To the wind in the leaves Quiet whispers become waves Until the wooden trunk sways That is the spirit That blows through the land From every corner...
- 12 July 2025ט״ז בתמוז תשפ״הPoem
The First Word
At the start, [God] spoke a word, and the word was "God," and the word heard itself and knew itself, and thereby came to know its [Speaker]. Within itself the...
- 4 July 2025ח׳ בתמוז תשפ״הPoem
From a Dream of You
I woke up From a dream of you To your light shining through a window I called to you I cared for the friend you gave me I left you...
- 9 June 2025י״ג בסיוון תשפ״הPoem
Shadows on the Cave
Many sleepers Have called me the enemy Of the nightmares they create Sleep walking through the streets Sleep talking of This and That Tribes and Sins Good and Evil You're...
- 29 May 2025ב׳ בסיוון תשפ״הPoem
The Birthright
The birthright The voice The hands The blessing The escape The love The trick The work The feud The sale The famine The slavery The cries The memory The bush...
- 25 April 2025כ״ז בניסן תשפ״הPoem
Still I Rise
Seduce me. Betray me. Attack me. Raze me. Deport me. Forget me. Hate me. Still I rise. Control me. Colonize me. Crucify me. Conquer me. Convert me. Blame me. Burn...
- 24 April 2025כ״ו בניסן תשפ״הPoem
Never Again Is Always Now
Never Again Is always Now The eternal moment after The gates of hell opened Ready to devour bodies and souls The moment of arrested Time Antipode of history To the...
- 2 March 2025ב׳ באדר תשפ״הPoem
The Land of Peace
All I'm asking for is One state In charge of protecting the land and the people Offering education, healthcare, and stability From the river to the sea Equal citizenship and...
- 12 February 2025י״ד בשבט תשפ״הPoem
Now I Am Here
I had a rough morning I had an okay day I had a tough evening And Now I Am Here "The tides of one man's life, against the backdrop of...