Modeh Ani
Danny Siegel
1978
Thank you, Lord, for having me awaken
to become a witness to the flaming of the sun.
Someone gently shook me from my bed
as I was somewhere in a dream
of visiting Jerusalem again.
And I walked (still half asleep) to watch
the city shake its dusty head awake,
wrapped in a royal cape
of orange and swirling mist.
From my lookout on the roof
I saw a…
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