Psalms In The Heart

Oh, soul, you clumsy spark of light, Dropped from the heavens, a comical sight! You tripped on a star, fell into this clay, Now stuck in a body, you grumble all day. “Why this mess?” you moan with a frown, This world’s a circus, and I’m the clown! (Humor’s the balm when the ego’s a pain, You laugh through the mud, or you’ll go insane.) Love calls you softly, a whisper, a flame, “Connect with the others, forget your own name!” Baal HaSulam nods from his perch in the sky, “Give up your ‘me,’ and your soul will fly high.” You try, oh you try, with a heart full of care, But your neighbor’s loud snoring? Too much to bear! Yet love’s the glue, the spark, the divine, It stitches the world with a thread so fine. Sorrow creeps in, like a thief in the night, The soul feels the fracture, the absence of light. You chase fleeting pleasures, but they slip away, Like sand through your fingers, they just won’t stay. “Why this longing?” you cry, with a tear-streaked face, This world feels too heavy, to...

The Battle Within Life is a wonder, a challenge to be had, An internal battle that makes one sad. Obstacles approaching from every side— What are these obstacles giving us a ride? They come when we try to reveal What the ego has cleverly concealed. We struggle and fight inside every day, Trying to reveal the truth in a new way. We stumble through shadows, chasing the light, Wrestling with doubt in the dead of night. Each thought a mirror, each pain a guide, Each crack revealing what's buried inside. The ego it whispers, “Stay safe, don't move,” But the soul yearns fiercely its path to prove. We rise, we fall, yet still we try, To grasp the purpose hidden in why. In friends we find the strength to see, The chains that bind and how to be free. Through love and unity, walls collapse, As truth awakens between the gaps. So if you're weary, don't lose your flame— The battle within is not in vain. Each step through sorrow, doubt, and fear, Draws the Creator ever near.

In synagogue’s hush, where whispers take flight, I call to the heavens with all of my might. But oh, how I fumble, my words all askew, My pride’s like a rooster, who struts and who crows too! With sorrow I see it, my heart’s selfish beat, It loves its own shadow, it craves its own seat. I thought I was worthy, more pious, more grand, Yet truth laughs at falsehood, and I’m but a man. The pain of my lowliness stings like a thorn, My flaws laid bare, in truth I’m reborn. No wisdom I boast, no virtue to claim, Just love for the One who can heal all my shame. Oh, Creator of truth, hear this fool’s humble plea, I’m farthest from You, yet I long to be free. No finery here, just a soul worn and bare, In truth I now call You—please show me You’re there! With a chuckle I see it, my ego’s grand jest, It thought it could bargain, be better than best. But love pulls me closer, through pain’s bitter gate, In truth’s simple mirror, I’m near to Your state.

🌿 “From the Bottom of My Foolish Heart” I’m tired of my clever lies, Creator, see me bare, This heart’s a crooked salesman with discount love to share. I promised You mountains, I offered the sky, But tripped on my ego and fell for my lie. I’m broken and bankrupt, my credit is gone, I spent all my merits on cocktails at dawn. I tried to be holy—wore halos askew, But laughter erupted, You saw it was true. So here in the gutter of want and of sin, I’m shouting for mercy to let Your light in. No more negotiations, no cunning appeal, Just grant me the courage to love what is real. My will to receive is a cunning old fox, He sold me for peanuts and ran with the box. He laughs at my sermons, he naps through my prayers, While my soul’s in the basement, tied up to the chairs. Yet somewhere beneath all this circus and noise, A small, trembling child remembers Your voice. He weeps and he pleads with tears not so smart: “Creator, please rescue the bottom of my heart.” Give m...

Prayer of the Heart In the silence where thoughts dissolve, My heart, a vessel, seeks to evolve. Beyond the mind’s restless sway, It cries for truth, for the sacred way. Oh Creator, You who know my core, My will to receive, I cling to no more. Its weight, its pull, binds me to dust, Yet my heart yearns for a will that’s just. Not with words the mind may weave, Nor logic’s chains that strive to deceive, But with a fire, raw and deep, My heart’s demand rises from its sleep. Correct me, Lord, let my soul align, With Your light, Your love, Your will divine. To bestow, to give, to mirror Your grace, To see Your truth in every face. Strip the veils that cloud my sight, Let my heart burn bold in Your holy light. No thought can hold this fervent plea, Only my heart’s cry sets my spirit free. Oh Source of all, hear this prayer I send, Not from my mind, but where my soul bends. Transform my will, let it seek to bestow, That I may dwell where Your mercies flow.

Trembling Strings of Faith In the maze of life's despair, letters dry as bones, A soul yearns for a spark, a voice to call its own. Amidst the cloak of faith, seeking a divine door, To transcend the tangible, to connect and explore. Golden bells and pomegranates, a rhythm so profound, The tremble of a violin, where joy and fear are bound. In the search for holiness, a dance of light and shade, The sound of silence echoes, where sacred truths are made. With every note of longing, in a world of unseen strings, The heart beats for the whisper of the One who sings. For in the trembling moments, joy finds its place, In the sacred symphony of love and grace. The robe of understanding, beyond mere human sight, In the trembling of creation, the word of God takes flight. Oh, to see the door, in faith, and not through eyes alone, To hear the silent song, and feel the sacred tone.

🌿 A Prayer for Correction  Creator, You formed me a vessel designed, To receive all Your goodness with purpose aligned. But my nature is twisted, turned toward my own, It clings to itself and calls ego its throne. You made me a creature whose essence is need, But I use this great hunger for selfish greed. The gift of receiving, intended for You, I have stolen for self, made Your purpose untrue. I see that this gap between us is vast, A barrier built by my will that holds fast. Your Light cannot dwell where self-love is enthroned, Where every intention is ego’s alone. I study Your wisdom to learn what is real, To expose all the truths that my ego would seal. That Lo Lishma is my state in this land, That I serve only self with my heart and my hand. Yet the sages have taught me the path to ascend, That Lo Lishma is the means to the true holy end. That with effort and prayer, Your Light will descend, Correcting intention that I cannot bend. For alone I am powerless, lost in my scheme,...