to the Chosen Promised Land

Often I think of my people,
gathered in prayer and in song,
dreaming the dreams of their fathers,
knowing mitzvah from wrong.

And a saying comes to mind
as my heart stops to listen,
“True wisdom is Torah wisdom,
and the thoughts of G-d run deep.”

I see the shapes of ships
through the undulant waves of the seas,
and the passage of my people,
through storms of history.

And a saying comes to mind,
as my heart was want to listen,
“True wisdom is but Torah wisdom,
and the thoughts of G-d run deep.”

I remember the story of Passover.
And the wanderings from sea to sand.
And the gathering of my people,
to the Chosen Promised Land.

And a saying comes to mind,
better than any could ever find,
that “true wisdom is found in Torah wisdom,
and the thoughts of G-d run deep.”

I see tall buildings in city places.
And tree-lined, darkened woods.
And people dressed in black,
walking through their neighborhoods.

For Shabbat day leads the way
to words so understood.
And the verse keeps repeating,
as I know it must and should,
that “wisdom is but Torah wisdom,
and the words of G-d run deep.”

There are things I may not say,
and dreams that will not die.
But the Messiah is coming soon, we know,
and it is we who show the way,
and the reasons why,
that “wisdom from Torah wisdom,
is where words from G-d run deep.”

And the sage looks out
to the undulant sea,
and finds lessons for us to keep,
as the words of G-d run through our souls,
and are ever running deep.
And ever running deep.

~~~~~~~

from the May 2007 Edition of the Jewish Magazine

E-mail This Page to a Friend

Please let us know if you see something unsavory on the Google Ads and we will have them removed. Email us with the offensive URL (www.something.com)