In My Dance I
My fingertips high above my head,
Touching heaven
In my dance,
They lift my body heavenward
In my dance,
Reaching up to You
In my dance,
Forgiving myself, forgiving the children of my house,
In my dance,
Forgiving all the children of the Place
In my dance,
Bringing into the circle
She who would otherwise stand with arms across chest,
She now raises her fingertips high above her head,
Touching heaven
In her dance,
They lift her body heavenward
In her dance,
Forgiving herself, forgiving me, forgiving the children of her house,
In her dance,
The wholeness of our circle a symbol of peace,
We empty our bodies
In our dance,
We fill our selves with G-dliness
In our dance,
We heal each other and ourselves
In the wholeness of our circle, a symbol of peace,
In our dance we raise our voices heavenward,
In our crying out He will heal us,
For our mourning and our misery He has transformed
To our dance
O L-rd our G-d forever we will thank You!
I will thank You
In my dance.
This poem first appeared in B'Or HaTorah 2001