L'hitraot
L’hitraot--
Until I see you again.
It lacks the healing energy of shalem,
the peaceful expansiveness of shalom;
Insouciant hail-and-farewell
conceals its own m'tzarim,
place of constricting throat and suppressing tears,
an exit pass to wander in a wilderness of regret.
L’hitraot.
Not even a goodbye.
Sent out into a liminal place
of undefined uncertainly
too familiar
to pretend.
L’hitraot
Until we meet again.
In a place of hope,
not faith.
