A Prayer

Dear G-d,

I pray to you

Two times a day

I try

But G-d

I sigh

I must confess

I am a mess

And only you

Know what to do

What my life will be

If it were up to me

I would fast forward through

See the man I will marry

The house we'll own

And the children we'll raise

But G-d

What I want the most

Is clarity

That precious rarity

That will help me through

And see that You

Have a plan

That may be hard

Cause alarm

But by far

Is the best for me

Sincerely,

Me

Two Years

It has been two years.

Two years...

Too long...

You are gone...

But your memory

Lives on

I didn't forget

How could I ever

Forget?

Someone as pure

As honest

As real

As you

And although

You are no longer here

You are still near,

Reminding me

To do good

To do more

To soar

So that maybe

I will see you once again

In that place up high

Where you watch from the sky

L'Zecher Nishmas Shimon Yosef ben Doniel Avraham

We Have Arrived

I can breathe

A sigh of relief

Ten days

Of sitting on the edge of my seat

Would I be beat?

Would I admit defeat?

Would I run out of

Food to eat?

Water to drink?

Would my house burn?

Would I turn

To rubble and ash?

Run out of cash?

Fall to illness?

I would be remiss

If I thought it was because

I was careful

Or possessed super powers
Because there is only One power

Who could allow me

Another breath

An escape from death

All around me

Friends have been falling

Have fallen

To flames and fire

To a journey that goes higher

To suffering

And pain

But somehow I

Have made it to today

And if you are reading this

You have arrived as well

So tonight

Tomorrow

Pray like your life depends on it

Because, dear reader

It most certainly does.

Gmar Chasima Tova.

Prayers

Two days...

Of prayers...

For..

A new year...

But for some...

That new year

Was just too far

To reach

Could another

Prayer

Have tipped the scales

Or was

There never a chance?

But we tried

G-d

We TRIED!

But still...

He died...

The man

Who taught me

What selflessness truly is

Who embodied

What pure chessed

Is all about

G-d

Did you hear us?

Why did you

Take him away?

Couldn't he have had

One more...
Million days?

All those prayers...

I hope

They will give another

A million days...

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Everything

Changes

Tomorrow

Nothing

Stays

The same

Tomorrow

I say goodbye

Tomorrow

I say hello

Tomorrow

I don't know

What tomorrow will bring

So for now

I live for today

And tomorrow

Can wait.

Wishing you all a Kesiva V'Chasima Tova...

Birth

Sometimes

It doesn't pay

To look away

To miss a moment

When G-d is staring you

Straight in the face

In this room

Where miracles

Are born

It's impossible

To deny

That Someone on high

Could bring this to be

And luckily,

He showed it to me

So if there was ever a doubt

It simply flew out

To the wind

To disappear

Into the atmosphere

But in my eyes

It is clear

And it is so precious

So dear

The cheer

Of birth