Mothering, Yearning: A Response to A Story By Reb Nachmun

   Exile and return are hardwired into our tradition.

Rabbi David Ingber

 

When once I was

a doorway

two in one

becoming two

verb and the noun

pain and ecstasy

body and beyond 

love boundless and bounded

for these moments

I dwelled on the mountain of gold 

in the castle of pearls

was everywoman humbly ever

giving   receiving birth

before I fell asleep   woke

fell asleep    while my children became

adults seeking and longing

and so here I am again

holding my purse

filled with my belonging

a story calling from

the threshold

return return