Saturday, May 09, 2009

Slowly The Sabbath Descends

Here's Zelda.
See first comment
for a relevant poem.

posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 9:19 PM 

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Blogger rabbi neil fleischmann said...

LIGHT A CANDLE
By Zelda

Light a candle,
drink wine.
Softly the Sabbath has plucked
the sinking sun.
Slowly the Sabbath descends,
the rose of heaven in her hand.

How can the Sabbath
plant a huge and shining flower
in a blind and narrow heart?
How can the Sabbath
plant the bud of angels
in a heart of raving flesh?
Can the rose of immortality grow
in a generation enslaved
to destruction,
a generation enslaved
to death?

Light a candle!
Drink wine!
Slowly the Sabbath descends
and in her hand the flower,
and in her hand
the sinking sun.

May 9, 2009 at 10:19 PM  

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