VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS.

It is precisely the moment when

you have no idea how to begin again—

you’re still stunned by the attack;

when your former way of life ends

and foreign soldiers come out and in

because your city’s in the sack;

and for miles in every directions is wild—

there is no clear path forward

only certainly none back…

this is what brightest of stars have waited for—

you will hear it quietly but feel it like thunder.

And it will loosen your back.

A voice in the wilderness will tell you,

זה הדרך לכו בו.

“This is the path for you. Go.”

So it begins. Shave your head like a Shaolin

and walk where you have been mystically told.

No hero sets out in comfort and security.