Outside, Fall shadows tumbled marsh grass
With no whisper of the wind
In communion with the Soul
of my treasured friend
I open my heart
To the Light of G-d...
in Supplication
That he may be released
from pain
which tethers him
to his hospital bed
Implausibly, Spirit moves
Gently as a breeze
near the surface of the Moon
The Creator sweeps the jumbled landscape
of our transgressions
To cradle us, again
in a single Hand
In Silence, Word is spoken
In Silence, it is heard
What we could not mend
becomes unbroken
In a whisper of His Word...
© 1994 Ellen Louise Kahne