The Outstretched Palm of Gabriel
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Jewish mysticism states souls come from the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden and fall into the Guf a treasury of the body.The angel Gabriel’s hand brings them forth and the angel Lailah watches over them until they are born. Sparrows can see the descent of each soul that is why they sing.
regrets rise and fall
chafing at the frayed nerve endings of a finite life,
unfolding like origami cranes around the neck of kamikaze pilots
chewing at the bones of our discontent,
leaving holes in the fabric being.
regrets, like and of, unborn children
never growing to fruition, never falling
bud to blossom they decay, never reaching the Guf
pointless misconceptions of a wary heart
first born in joy left to rot in sorrow.
regrets rise and fall
yet we chose to retain them in the after-image
of retinal flares, ocular migraines inwardly staring
toward Gabriel’s outstretched palm
embryos unblessed.
never regret
ever regret
never
Copyright © Debbie Guzzi | Year Posted 2013
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