for Martha & Andy
Marriage and Torah --
the essence remains
week after week, year
after year. Sometimes
in song, sometimes on page
or parchment, or at tables laden
with bread and guests,
we pass through a cycle
of again revealing
what is yet to be
learned. Earth is born
each time Adam
and Eve eat together;
Rachel and Jacob, in love,
suffer and redeem;
longing and ecstasy
read fresh, at a new
time, a new table.
Love, I am reborn
each day you love me,
receiving discovery
each year of learning you.