Darkness

Michael Peach

Far from accepting darkness In its own right,
One should first acknowledge
Then transcend it By opting for the Light.

Jerusalem
12 April 1993

Though wholeness is indeed my priority And the sensing function

My body now, alas, is paying the price, Together with

Due not least to constant U.S. vetoes Of U.N. resolutions

The streets near the park In Ramat Gan, Traffic-clogged and

Israel’s soul is all but lost. For the most vocal

Were he alive today, The holistic Qohelet, Or Ecclesiastes, Would