Who Is the "I?"

Who is the "I" that is here?
Is it this seventy-six-year-old
body? Or is it more,
and if more, then where?
Am I only here,
or also in the past,
and hidden
in the future?
Is this "I"
really "we,"
you and me,
sharing
another dream?

B'tselem / In the Image

[for my sister, Claudia]

We are all created
"in the image of God,"
why don't we act like it?
Why do men
disrespect women,
and disrespect
each other?
Why is there
perpetual war,
and cruelty?
Why is there rape,
domestic violence,
poverty,
and prostitution?
Why is this world,
long ruled by greed,
self-destructing?
Why does ignorance
laugh at wisdom?

We have forgotten
who we are.

Naked Wisdom 32

We must lose hope
before we can
find it.

uyelvha agadohvsdi 32 / ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ 32

itsula ase ayohusedi udugine
udalulv itsula yeliquase
awadvdi nasgine.

ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏎ ᎠᏲᎱᏎᏗ ᎤᏚᎩᏁ
ᎤᏓᎷᎸ ᎢᏧᎳ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ
ᎠᏩᏛᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ.

Olah / Burnt Offering

Your neighbors become
your burnt offering,
your human sacrifice
to a god misunderstood.
Thus you prevent
the promise
of Micah,
the promise
of peace.
But when the world
is encindered,
you'll be
a cinder,
too.