From Passover and Crucifixion
to Passover and Crucifixion,
the people had been closed off,
locked away from one another
by decree by fear, and by death
wrought by a raging pestilence.
But today, such decrees were lifted,
and all gathered together;
no matter their language or culture;
they gathered in one space,
to be of one mind,
in gratitude.
Into that singular mental space,
from all and in all directions,
a purifying wind blew,
and a refiner’s fire
filled the collective soul.
All at once, the people began to speak,
some in languages they’d never studied;
everyone heard and was heard,
everyone understood and was understood,
everyone one in being with one.
Everyone one of heart, exult
in all of one for one
and dwell now in hope,
no longer abandoned to Gehenna;
we who have seen death
have also seen life,
and we have chosen life.
What now shall we do?
The people asked, as one voice.
And the answer came to all:
Be penitent for all past double-standards,
serve the divine by serving your neighbor;
believe that all are equal to love divine,
and live to that truth.
If you do this, you will have welcomed
Olam Haba, and shall be embraced therein.
In gladness and singleness of heart,
All breathed as one and, as one, sighed:
Amen.
© 2021 by Elisabeth T. Eliassen and songsofasouljourney.blogspot.com
