Sometimes I know and
you don't know how,
and the secret is
you told me.

Jacob, on the run, 

sleeps as an act of faith. 

When he awakes,
it is a holy place.

UNDOCUMENTED

I often don’t carry a photo ID
I don’t drive, no license needed
Passport is for special occasions
I’m not big on documentation

I am adept at reading and writing
I am qualified to teach English
I have no advanced graduate degree
I’m not big on documentation

Above all else be human, be kind
This is the essence of the Torah
I could cite verses but I won’t
I’m not big on documentation

I don’t always have a source
For what I believe to be true
Other than that I feel it inside
I’m not big on documentation

PROMPTLY

Maybe I’m not preemptive enough
Heck, the word’s not even in my repertoire
I only used it because I got it as a prompt
From a random word prompt website
Which I went to, in a fashion typical of me
Because I like being prompted externally
Rather than listening to my inner prompts
Rather than being preemptive

August 18, 2013 at 2:03am · 

A moment in a lecture,
a kindness from a friend,
the right words from a parent,
even though there's no neat end.

Those things that move us forward,
human to human, I to I,
they make life a little simpler
as they demystify.