Standing With Others

Tonight I opened up scripture 
and read the readings for Shavuot 
and the readings for Pentecost. 
I counted the days from Passover— 
I counted the weeks. 
Forty- nine days.
Seven weeks.

Tonight the sun went down--
the time for study began.  
I study the proscribed readings—
the lines and verses not mentioned. 
They mingle together—blurring boundaries.

Tonight I am ready to set- up camp,

to unfurl my bed roll and wait

for the pyrotechnics to begin

Everyone—those who came before

and the souls of those unborn—wait

I,too, stand at Sinai