years ago a friend

of a friend she
told me about a
book with
meditations with
healing meditations with
hebrew healing meditations
written by a rabbi in a
temple in sko
kie i
needed some
thing i
tried it be
fore you
knew it i
lit the can
dles be
fore you
knew it i
met the
rabbi be
fore i
knew it he be
gan he
aling me be
fore i
knew it i be
came a jew
again be
fore i
knew it my papa's soul
returned
his soul
returned again
we said el na rifa na la together
my papa's soul danced with god
always he
knew this would happen
always my
papa the angel smiles
upon
my rabbi
karla
and me


*dedicated to rabbi douglas goldhamer for his almost 65th birthday