And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming
And the signs said,
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.”
from The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
Waiting
I am the space between
yitkadal
v’yitkadash
I am the mouth
open between
curse or blessing
the deer’s lifted hoof
frozen between
stay or flee
I am cool it between thunder and the ear
sit tight between lightning and the eye
vamp ’til ready
and bide one’s time between
tick
tock
the havdalah that separates
Tekiah
Shevraim
Teruah
I am the empty bowl between
breathing out
and
breathing in
the soul between
rattle
and
sigh
before the thread b r e a k s
I am ellipse . . .
comma,
the end-stopped line.
I am silence
before
Amen
copyright 2017 Ozzie Nogg
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming
And the signs said,
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.”
from The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
Waiting
I am the space between
yitkadal
v’yitkadash
I am the mouth
open between
curse or blessing
the deer’s lifted hoof
frozen between
stay or flee
I am cool it between thunder and the ear
sit tight between lightning and the eye
vamp ’til ready
and bide one’s time between
tick
tock
the havdalah that separates
Tekiah
Shevraim
Teruah
I am the empty bowl between
breathing out
and
breathing in
the soul between
rattle
and
sigh
before the thread b r e a k s
I am ellipse . . .
comma,
the end-stopped line.
I am silence
before
Amen
copyright 2017 Ozzie Nogg