850

Sad reality.

Friends close, enemies closer.

Basic survival?

849

Is there greater love
than life long conversations
that die after you?

848

Even though in truth
I hate being pushed around
I still invite it

847

When you can listen
with your kind, supportive eyes
then you truly hear

846

G-d please protect me
from my many protections
so I can be safe

841 - 845

Before

Dad was sharp and mom
was alive and I was in
love and fueled with drive

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Inspired By Before

Periods of time
Leading up to this moment
I call it, "before"

Without a before

life loses its poetry

and just now can't count

Before is a bridge,

it is also an island

where the bridge begins

Know ahead of time

when you'll be meeting someone

who it is you'll be

840 For Rav Shimon bar Yochai

Hidden in the earth
in your life and after life
you enlighten us