A Song for Teshuva*

By Ashrei (Ima Sari Wisenthal)

Cycles of Return AI Art by Ashrei Ima Sari

A glimmer in the dark,

shines on sorrow so vast.

A collapse of a cry ‘give up!’

give it all - up.

Where life used to flux,

emptiness is present, 

a present, anew, awaiting, 

who for who wills - to serve.

A crescendo of cries, 

at its solitude dies.

In silence, a hush

becalmed still.

Healed by the thread of a voice,

truth echoes, louder than answers. 

A thunderous whisper, 

shatters despair.

Ascension in trust,

devotion to love, 

credence of joy, 

forever unfolding.

All that you'll know,

emerging, in patterns,

in habits not dead,

find answers, responses, a persistent reply. 

Reactions, compliancy, a restoration untold,

the return of Your voice,

to the core of my soul,

a dance of repentance.

Ebb and flow with remorse, 

sorrow for all that's been wronged,

return towards returning, 

Teshuva, here I come.

Return Your answer to me,

meet me half way,

accept my cleansed soul,

so I can stop running away. 

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* Teshuva - תשובה - return, repent, answer