Eikev

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Eikev

neither prairies nor ocean shores

nor great rivers

but a land of hills and valleys

and streams of water

of goats and of dates

this is the land which God prefers

and bequeaths to us

rising above the cities of the plain

dwelling solitary, upon those heights

a beacon, a lighthouse

upon an isolated point of rock

its narrow beam

moment after moment

slicing through the darkness

heels deeply planted at the edge

on the cusp

rhythmic, pulsating flashes

marking the shoals of chaos

and by its very nature

compelled to stand apart