Poet Beth "Batyah" Elishevah Ginzberg expresses her creative poetic meditations about water as a very powerful atmospheric element of the environment. Ginzberg wrote these poems at the East Rogers Park Lake Michigan Beaches, on-the-spot, to experientially convey the full effect of the Great Lakes of Chicago, IL USA for your reading pleasure.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

GOD ALMIGHTY KING OF THE SEAS, EARTH, AIR AND SKY



Having the oceans and seas as a sanctuary, combining the beat of the rhythmical waves with the beat of my heart, hearing one beat and then the other, in unison, together. Watching the waves beat in and pummel the sandy shore, as they creep up to my feet, wanting to get closer and closer to cleanse me. Cherishing every moment in unison with these water waves, bowing towards the east, as lake waters are in an easterly direction, bowing to each wave, as if they are the mighty hands and arms of G-d, reaching towards me, beckoning at me, flowing their peace into my veins as my heart adjusts to their beat.

One heart beat, one wave beat, one heart beat, one wave beat, breathing together with the water waves as they crash in, sometimes more actively than at other times. The seas parting in the middle to allow the Hebrews to walk safely to the Promised Land, massive walls of water like vaults on each side of them, suddenly loosening to drown the Egyptians after the Hebrews were in safety.

Worshipping G-d as He is the G-d of the seas, as well as the G-d Who commands all the lands, His peace that can be felt in each gentle flipping of frothiness that sits on top of a water wave. Like whipped cream on a cake, it is a surfer's delight.

Transferring the peace of the seas to one's own heart, each one beating simultaneously, as one, as one G-d, the Almighty G-d, King of all the seas, earth, air and sky.

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