Hanukkah

Why does the flame
in the temple of your heart
keep burning
even when the mind
is an empty lamp?
Because yearning
makes you hollow,
and your spine is a wick
dipped deep into
the radiance that
overflows each cell
of your body.
Blessings of Hanukkah
and many other
miracles appear
when Being
kisses the flesh.




Painting by Elena Kotliarker