Resting Strength

What happened to my brave, bold girl?
Fearless lion-tamer
she who walked into the valley
and feared no evil?

Where is the woman
who leapt into the sea
though the path was not yet visible?
She who trusted
G-d, the process, herself?

She is still
here---resting
The cocoon is ready to open.
Chazak!

*Chazak is a Hebrew word that translates roughly as “be strong.”