Psalms In The Heart

🎭 Poem: "Elul Blues (The Ballad of the Brokenhearted Beloved)" Style: Bitter-sweet blues with a wink of holy foolishness I woke up in Elul with a heart full of holes, My coffee was bitter, my soul felt old. “I am my Beloved’s,” I tried to recite— But my Wi-Fi was down and the Light was in flight. I put on my tefillin and sang a sad song, "Where are You, Beloved? What took You so long?" But the heavens were silent, just like my phone, And the will to receive said, “You’re on your own.” I danced with my sorrow, my pain wore a grin, My ego laughed, “He won’t let you in!” Still, I knocked and I cried, with a love that won’t quit— And the answer came back: “You ain’t earned it yet.” So I fasted from reason, feasted on faith, Marinated my heart in a doubt-laced wraith. Each mitzvah I did with a tear and a joke, Like grilling a steak with no meat or smoke. “I’ll love You,” I whispered, “though I’m broke and bruised, Though my vessels are shattered, and my soul'...