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January 10, 2014
Filed Under: Grief Writings, Kaddish Musings
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Untethered (after yarzheit)

The days are no longer marked by rituals that serve—

as land to the wholeness of grief

  • Burial (Levaya, accompaniment)
  • Shiva (sitting still, receiving)
  • Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish (Praising the Great Name: Shmey Rabba)
  • Yarzheit (Remembering—a liminal time between the past and the future)

To be untethered is my new ritual

Unbouyed, riding the waves, deep water, endless seas

No land in sight.

Home found in every moment, the present moment.

Don Juan says keep death upon your shoulder to help you remember love.

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