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.

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