SONG OF ISRAEL,
THROUGH TEMPEST AND TRAVAIL TO TRIUMPH

There is in the darkness,
gentle quiet moments of tenderness,
a touch, a smile, embrace.
"I love you".
Conception takes place
in those quiet gentle moments of intimacy.
The cosmos is in harmony
and man and wife enjoy
this shabat blessing of matrimonial union.
Riches upon riches
experience is heightened
till pleasures are beyond comprehension,
spinning, spinning,
making new and unusual configerations
as the creative juices flow in the abundance from the soul.
This is the way it was meant to be
I am one with thee
I am one with thee.

Draw me closer, deep in your embrace
I rest my weary heart
betwixt your comforting breasts
as you sustain my youth and my vigour.
Lifegiving resilience flows from between your loins.
This is the day
This is the day I have created just for you
You and I together
will prevail.

Surely it is as the prophets have foretold:
can a child be born in a day?
This is it!
Celebrate!  Dance!
Lift up your feet--clap your hands!

A wonder to behold
after all these years
finally the day is here.
A long journey it was
across the centuries
the desert, the hate,
the prejudice.

Enough!  this is for joy!  not regret.
Rejoice, be glad that you have lived to see this day!
Before your eyes it is coming to pass.
Messiah is near, very near.
Can't you hear his footsteps?
Listen very closely,
it is the song of Israel
that he composes
note by note,
line by line,
listen to his grand symphony!

Tickle those ivories, laugh, giggle
Rejoice, dance,
cry, shout
and stomp your feet!
No time for silence
No time for passivity.

Be renewed with vigour,
strength, virility
Look to God
He is the source of all of this.
Imagine, imagine...
No, don't! 
It's too impossible.
Just experience it.
Experience Him
as His love and strength
flows through and over you
moving you forwards
with a purpose and with vigour.

It is to complete the perfect harmony
the picture of completion
shalom and rest
The ultimate pleasure
sitting at the right hand of the most high God.

But dance, dance!
lift up your feet, don't stop
dance till you are too tired
to dance anymore
Strength comes from Him
In Him we triumph
In Him we are victoious
Halleluyah, Rejoice in Him
Most High One.
Another Poem
See my latest painting of Jerusalem Cornerstone
I am also interested in the theme of beginnings and creation.
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