[Critique Group 2] Joan's October piece

[Joan Myles]

Dear Friends,

Here is my October offering. I look forward, as always, to your thoughtful
remarks.
Blessings,
Joan
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Kaddish

1

Life is rhythm

The sea in its way

Dances in moonlight

Wild with motion

The urge to move

The sea eases  itself and all it brings

Forward then back

To where I stand  watching

Where I chase the wind along the shore

And  drop down into crystals of unformed glass

The sea weaves  ancient melodies

Past consciousness into my veins

And sweeps me into its rhythm of life

To become my life

2

And this prayer

Fashioned and lived by our sages

A talisman and a hope

This prayer has a rhythm

Its pulse urges me forward and back

Its  ageless tide

Is a  prism of mystic moonlight

a mirror to my  faltering steps

To unexpected bursts of dawn

Yitgadal v’yitkadash

Great and holy

and always moving

3

Life’s rhythm gathers us

Birthing and burying we come together

Dancing and dreaming we come together

Our children grow and move away and return

And we’re still celebrating

Still coming together

Still feeling the flow of our lives as one

One great and holy Life

Yitgadal v’yitkadash shemay rabba

In your abundant name
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