Choosing Suffering

Sometimes the mind sees
the direct path out
but the heart prefers
to remain and wallow
in pig shit.

Shamor v'Zachor

Candles without matches -say a bracha anyway
Ner shel Shabbat is never extinguished.
No wine to say blessing over -say kiddush anyway
No need to posses it to know it's taste.
No challah to break -say ha motzi anyway
Bread will come, bread will go, both coming and going are eternal.
Shabbat does not require food and song to be holy and no-thing can be made holy. 
No-thing already is.
As long as the people remember and observe -Shamor v'zachor
and nothing else
Shabbos has exactly all it needs.

A Phish Inspired, Mindful Shabbat Haiku

awaken to sound
echoes bouncing in the room
hear The One Who Spoke

-Shabbat Shal-Om All!

Meditation on the Absence of G-d

Even in the void of absence
G-d never leaves.
Where could G-d go?
It is we who forget where to find Ayn Sof/Ayn Od;
All places, all time, all things,
All spaces between.