Part Three: High Holy Day Poem Inspired from Chapter Three of Ecclesiastes

You will surely recognize the attempt in this poem to play off of the famous passage in chapter three beginning with the phrase " To everything there is a season."

Questions:

To every insight in the world

There is a question that precedes it.

Questions that refuse to disappear

Which rankle us like a stone

Inside our shoes

Or irritate us like a mosquito bite

Just ask the question

And relief will dull the pain.

Questions of doubting and questions of believing

Questions of living and questions of dying

Questions of searching and questions of discovering

Questions of writing and questions of speaking

Questions of children and questions of parents

Questions of praying and questions of silence

Questions of tearing garments and questions of sewing garments

Questions of humility and questions of pride

Questions of fear and questions of faith

Questions of Jews and questions of others

Questions of God and questions of questions

Questions of forgiveness and question of stubbornness

Questions of returning and questions of leaving

Do we ever tire of asking questions?

Take comfort

Remember that answers are no better

For your life is a tapestry of questions

No longer fearing them

But embracing the possibility of being

And it is this reality

That is your calling.

Are you ready?