I am thirsty
it cracks inside me
attempts escape
thumping
pulsing with my heartbeat
alive..alive..alive..alive......
reaching stretching tiptoes
trying to touch It
get closer
breathe that air
the sweet cleansing rejuvinating revitalizing
the Real
I want It
I need It
to feel It
to feel It
breathe It
drink It
touch It
hold It
be held by It
enveloped by It
by
the fire
fire inscribed on fire
icy purity
the Truth...
My yearning
longing
Thirst.
For what?
For It
nameless...
I don't know how to say it
in words...
but I know
I feel
I need...
Like a child
for water
"Mommy...please...Thirsty..."
...for that is all I know how to say...
Father...
please...
I am so
thirsty
and so tired
but I've never before felt so alive...
Is it possible
to become more alive
than this...?
And...
will I ever find It
touch It
drink It
come close
be held close
by It?
My only desire
is that Connection
Closeness
Realness
Truth...
...
I want
need
the need tears at me
breaks me
almost hurts
in its intensity
intense
longing
for Home
for You
to You
to You
please,
Father--
I...
I am
so thirsty...
18 comments:
Oh, wow... there's pretty much nothing to say - you've said it all.
As Chazal say:
פתחו לי פתח כחודה של מחט ואני אפתח לכם כפתחו של אולם
ok, I must say; I've never been such a fan of (secular English) poetry. But the way this has been written, not many a wordy devotional/spiritual dissertation could have said.
יישר חילך לאורייתא
What a prayer! May Hashem hear your tefillos and longing and shower you with bracha and mazel always! Thanks. That was so beautiful.
Wow...
You've left me breathless, and a little speechless.
You'll get there. You want it so badly, you can't possibly not.
.
..
...
....
Wanted to say something but nothing I will say it adequately express what this poem made me feel. Thanks for sharing and maybe soon get that which you yearn
So drink!
Stop looking up and look around, there are cups everywhere*!
*beware the lesson of Indiana Jones...before grasping be sure to choose wisely.
Intense...
I also just posted a post about lies...
But yours is more hopeful and more individaulistic..
Theres so little truth in the grand scheme..no wonder...those whove tasted it..thirst so much
Chav--
Nothing to say? I have a sneaking feeling you have very much to say...so why not say it?
:-)
Shlomo--
I'm not sure what the Hebrew on the bottom means, (care to explain?) but thank you for the compliment
:-)
Half--
Thank you, Amen, and same to you!!
I just want to tell you that you give the most beautiful brachos in your comments...
Scraps--
That's what somebody else told me too...but how is that a havtacha? Just cuz someone might want something so badly, doesn't mean they're necessarily going to get it... There are so many out there who want to have children, have parnassah, have a husband or wife, have health...and they don't...and won't...so...
Smile--
Thanks for listening :-)
And amen...and same to you for whatever you long for...
G--
That was good :-D
And you're right.
...and wrong.
Life is so much more complex than that unfortunately...
David--
Very interesting.
I wasn't talking about truth vs. lies...
More like Truth vs. hevel havalim...Truth vs. superficiality...
Hmmm...which I suppose can be considered lies...
:-)
I wonder if we sometimes make it more complex than it really is...
"And you're right.
...and wrong."
==============
**sigh**
Story of my life.
Ezzie--
Oh, we definitely do sometimes.
Just in this case, if it was so easy to just take a cup and drink, I'd have done that long ago...
G--
Hmmm... I know that story...
Here's some empathy:
:-/
:-D
I think there's an intrinsic difference between wanting physical things--even if they are to be used for spiritual purposes--and wanting purely spiritual things. All of those things, which we think are in our hands, are really not; they're in Hashem's power to grant us or not. But a connection to Him...only you can be in charge of that. הכל בידי שמים חוץ מיראת שמים
That's why I say--if you want it that badly, you'll get it.
aint we all thirsty...
I wonder if we sometimes make it more complex than it really is...
::cough::
Wow! Beautiful writing! I love it!
great poem
I hate to be the heathen here, but you've left me thirsty.
Wow. That's all I can say.
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