JOY's POEMS: Radiant Strength of Shechina

Psalms of My Soul
ספירת העומר

Gevurah sh b'Malchut

Sephirat HaOmer day 44

6 weeks and 2 days of the Omer

Radiant Strength of Shechina

From where does my strength come
That I "Serve G*d With Joy"? - Psalm 100:2

In my garden
each morning for my prayers,
I face East toward Jerusalem.
I feel the Indwelling Presence,
the strength of the Holy One
infuse me with the Glory of Gifts.

In the darkness,
waiting for sun to rise,
my heart expands
in joy receiving arrival
of colors aligned
amongst clouds
and mountains
and seen through trees,
of the rising sun.

The swift hummingbird sits
quietly observing
atop the fig tree,
and nearby,
Ms. Mockingbird sings
also on an uppermost branch,
and radiance
appears to our world
with a starburst
of transcendent brilliance.
I am already full,
full as Malchut.

- Joy Krauthammer