like a perfect pearl in the smallest jewelry box
you hold me so close i barely know i'm being held
i rock side to side in your endless ocean, swaying so slow i barely know i'm moving at all
as angels flutter down to wash my body in sunscreen every 30 minutes
my skin keeping soft in the salt scrub, long-stretch
shabbes,
like a good love,
can wrap you up, become your everything
like a heavy neck-snuggled blanket on a cold night
like digging your toes into warm sand
- the strength, of the foundation, of earth
yet fluid, with give, let you in
like mulch on the forest floor,
like moss bed
like skin
like the cover clouds a plane gets lost within
shabbes is like a good love because it starts with a flicker of flame
cuz its got curves, of challah dough
because it has you repeating the holy name
because it asks you to jump in, geronimo
sets your soul wild, untamed
sets you free
shabbes is good love cuz its free
cuz as you sow, you will reap
because you put in before you take
because as it satisfies, it leaves an ache
because you wrestle in it for heaven's sake
because letting in makes body shake
because all its contradictions are blessed
all the time in the world, time-less
all the preparations, and then rest
two pairs of lungs, yet one breath
the oneness
feel everything, awash in numbness
shabbes
is good love
because it leaves you breathless
because feed mouth, hands wet
because it shines in the sunset
because it dances in the moonrise
because it's always just in time
because you know it, when time has stopped
when the voice cries out from the mountaintop
when the rest of the world gets quiet
and all you can hear is
that sweet song
rolling down like
flower blossom avalanche
from the mountaintop