one week passes
it's the first of many
where we will be tasked to work
vigils/services/prayer/protest/words/actions/torah
30 jews so far arrested across the country
hundreds of thousands raised by our allies
our prophets are alive
we are staying open, staying strong, staying loud
the eytz is truly hayim
this shabbat
let us continue to commit to a cycle much older than this hatred
let us rest
pushing back this wave is long work
but we are a people
who tend to *much longer* roots
we will overwhelm their ugliness with that beauty
we will delight in solidarity despite them
we will live *so hard* that they will be pushed back breathless by our soft divinity
together,
we will outlive them
tonight,
we rest
and, tomorrow,
we outlive them