The season turns

shedding

summer’s seemingly seamless mask

leaf by leaf

laying bare

the bark of Life

branch-braiding-branch

stark and raddled

textured with

complexities

uncertainties

certainties

we camouflage but cannot escape.

So, we celebrate our blessings

while they last

build fragile temporary shelters

of light and shadows

and take refuge in

Eternity.

 

Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah