born of seeds
born of trees
born of still
waters and heavy
soil
laden with and planted by
ancestors
witnesses to
creation destruction peace
and birth
do we really
think
the skin we peel from
fruit bears nothing
upon the faith of future
seedlings
reaching toward
yearning for
YAWEH
depending on us
to share
truth
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Painting is by Issachar Ber Ryback, a painter born in Ukraine in the early 20th century and commissioned to paint scenes from the Ukraine countryside, devastated from and even in the midst of pogroms. Read more about him and see his works at http://www.comite-ryback.org/Biography.php
