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The One Who Blessed Our Ancestors, Ruaḥ HaOlam, Breath of the Universe, heal me…. | |
I have been asked to write a healing prayer So I tried But I can’t do it I don’t have the soothing words I’m in pain Right now And it’s been going on for a while And it looks like it’s going to last longer than it takes to write this prayer | |
So instead I offer to you A pain prayer | |
A friend died suddenly And I miss her. I lost my job And my despair is showing. I don’t have a partner And I’m lonely I’m losing my home And I will never be comfortable again My body hurts And I’m becoming my pain. | |
Did I name any of your sorrows? Do you want to name them now? | |
What was solid is porous, What was secure is scary. And everyone wants to hurry me through my grief. It will be so much better, they say, when this is over You will be transformed! Yes, I say, but into what? Yes, I say, but I’m not there now! Yes, I say, but please, let me mourn first. | |
“Refah’aynu Adonai V’Nayrahfay Heal us God, and we shall be healed.” Can this be true? “Elohai neshamah Shenahtahtahbi, The soul placed within me is pure And cannot be lost.” So I’m searching, where is that pure soul? Where is that healing of the body, mind and spirit, Is it in the music? Is it in my friends? Is it in prayer? | |
Then I listen to the music And I am transported away from the hurt. I look around at my community And I feel taken care of. I write this prayer And speak to God. | |
I guess this is a healing prayer after all. | |
Barukh Atah Adonai, The One Who Blessed Our Ancestors, Ruaḥ HaOlam, Breath of the Universe: | |
Heal me. | |
אמן׃ |
Amen |
Trisha Arlin’s prayer-poem “Heal Me,” was first published online on her website.
“Heal Me, a prayer-poem by Trisha Arlin” is shared through the Open Siddur Project with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.
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