Shekinah


from
Peeling the moon:
a suite of poems


by
Judith Kerman

the perceptible manifestation of God in the world;
the female emanation; what abides with the exiled
Children of Israel; that part of God in exile from
Godhead, according to Kabbalist tradition, which
human holiness helps to reconcile.


Indwelling
dwelling in
the body, as a house
as the world, dwelling
in the darkness
and the light which is darkness
the galaxy spreading in space and fire
the stars above the roof
going-in, ongoing
be here with us


indwelling
dwelling in
the body, as a house
in the world, dwelling


indwelling
dwelling in
the body, as a world
as a house, a tree
exploding with birds
in the darkness which is
light among exiles
the birds flying into windy sky
be here with us


indwelling
dwelling in
the world as a body
as a house
in the darkness which is
the light
we reach to touch you
be here with us
presentness, be here with us
here with us

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Previously published and copyrighted in
Moving Out 9#1
Menorah, Jan.-Feb. 1983
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