Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘welcoming’

The Welcoming

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on June 11, 2024| 6 Comments »

for Moudi
 
 
With an open umbrella, he met me
in the rain having walked barefoot
to the place where I’d parked.
He handed the umbrella to me.
 
In the warm bright home,
he offered me a soft, dry chair.
He served warm bread wrapped
in a green and white cloth
 
and his partner sprinkled zatar
and olive oil on the labne.
The kale salad was crisp
with sweet chunks of beets
 
and thick creamy slices of avocado.
And in the warm, rich stew
offered to us in a rounded pot,
the eggplant disassembled itself
 
alongside chickpeas and tomato.
But before we ate, he served us a story
of a place where people begin a meal together
with spontaneous singing of sorrow and praise.
 
What stopped me then, while I sat at his table,
from singing? So I sing now,
of sorrow that I let my fear of singing it wrong
be louder in me than the urge to sing.
 
I sing of praise for the second chance.
I sing a prayer for the courage to learn
how to sing a new song, and the chance
to sing it again. And again.
 

Read Full Post »