She has a sign on her wall,
much like The Writing on Wall
saying (as she’s praying):
This too shall pass
She has a sign on her wall
as being driven up said wall:
Stop and smell the roses
knowing (even owing)
a debt of gratitude for the gifts
so plenty, oh many
She has a sign on her wall:
Drop but just one ball
one can juggle six not ten
repeat, once again,
six not ten
(maybe only five)
She has a sign on her wall:
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,
a copy from the book
she’s got no time to read
for the life she wants to lead
but first things first
it’s always first things first
She has a sign on her wall:
The Food Pyramid with a Twist
and a fifty-item grocery list
’cause you are what you eat
and you eat what you are
cookies, cake and blue-frosted candy bar
She has a sign on her wall:
I’m looking for a Sign
not cry, shriek nor whine
simply, easily, painlessly
. . . Divine Sign
Just One Sign
for she
from Omnipotent He
On One Wall
a Western Wall
for wailing walls of her soul
(buried under other signs of other walls)
Hear O Israel the L‑rd our G‑d the L‑rd is One
She has One sign on The Wall
the finest of signs
for all days and times
its vision a thrill,
eyes turned eastward
(past the clutter, peanut butter, and hungry sparrows on the sill)
She has One sign on One Wall
whispering through it all,
With me you can stand tall
incorrigible, invincible
wailing, western
G‑dly Wall
Smiling through dark night
illuminating light
an endless, eternal blessing:
It’s going to be all right.
*Originally published on chabad.org
