floating

as the night lingered
into timelessness
and the words and tunes
took me to magical spaces
swinging on a rope bridge
under the clear full moon
and as I'm listening to children
regale me with midrashim
one more unbelievable than the next
(did you know that babies grew
..out of the ground and sucked
milk from rocks..?
..and when the wild beasts came
they brought their environments with...
...so imagine the polar bears..
and so on...in my haze
the ropes and strings
holding me up.to the land
to security of rationale
start snapping one by one..
terrified at first...
...I relax
as the last of the ropes
gives way...
and...I look down
...I'm floating
I'm in a world of
God Rationale..
no no..it's not
a suspension of logic
it's God Logic..
as much logic as the
human kind
and..it feels good
...to let
go





.

this year

this year we are slaves
..next year we will be free
this year we are here
..next year in the land of Israel
Why is this night different?
..why do we eat matzah
eat maror..dip twicerecline
?
why? why? WHY?

next year...
..there will be no questions
no expectations
..to befuddle
no nature..to contrast
miraculous

next year we will be free
..and nothing will
ever be
different
this year we are slaves
to...expectations




.

greater than God

.


there is only one thing
...in the universe greater than

God

..and it is I
because
...God only exists
because I choose him to


.