Anni - Your exquisite poem reminds me of one of my favorite passages from
the tales of the Hassidim.
On the day of his death Rabbi Eleazer talked to his son. Eleazer was old
and had long wandered the Earth. Many days he stared upon thick clouds to
see one instant of heaven. Now he was glad death had come.
He said to his son, "My child, know that the Enemy will always be with you.
He will be in the shadows of your dream and in your living flesh, for he is
the other part of yourself. There will be times when like a lightning
stroke you will pierce into his farthest hiding place and he will fade
before you like a fleeing cloud. And there will be times when he will
surround you with walls of darkness, and you will stand alone as upon a raft
in the midst of a sea of night. But remember always that your soul is
secure to you, for your soul is entire; your soul is a part of God."
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From: Dan Booth Cohen [mailto:danbcohen@xxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 12:21 PM
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Subject: RE: [ConstellationTalk] some thoughts on constellation work
Anni's beautiful poem:
dark night
no boat
no sail
not compass
not star
where who but i endure
this pounding pummel
blackened sea
aurora
the sky fainting
glimmers hope from
the mist despair
stray oar has
brushed me hard
and for it i pull
believing it to be
more
the dawn
not coming
not coming
and i yearn in
silent screams
when
when
and then
amidst the darkness
deeper and foul
small boat
knocking at me
bumping me
pitches and down
without my hand
without my foot
with mindfulness undone
inside this boat
i am
yet
years of nights
and months
in misty torment
cluster on
i have not slept
yet still i dream
of minions
who have passed
for them i am
for them i yield
from torment and deceit
so shimmers dawn
horizon nears
soft light
envelops haze
great tree unfolds
above the shore
with roots
unhurling time
the dawn
the day
the stern grates sand
my foot embraces land
i run
i gasp
i flail
i clutch the knarled branch
my fate
sweet soul-filled wind
sun scraped on leaf
i see
let be
it be
and
murmur mama's rhymes
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