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You hear The Voice
a whisper in your ears
Lech L'chah
Pick up and go
Abandon your home
Leave what you know behind
Forego the comforts
The familiar
Lech
You stop and listen
Was that a voice?
Was it real or perhaps the wind ?
Do you turn away?
Pretend you do not hear?
You think
Be safe
Take no chances
Stick to what you know
Your street
Your bed, your pillow
Your pots, your pans
Your home
Your comfort
Your space
The Voice comes again
Louder this time
Lech
Like the pounding of waves,
Gales of wind
You pretend you don't hear
You are not courageous
You are comfortable
Leave a game half played?
Dinner half eaten
Dishes in the sink?
Maybe another time
Perhaps tomorrow
Your eyes closed tight
Behind your eyelids
You see so many stars,
beyond them
lies the unknown
Ma'ayin yavoh Ezri?
Who will help you
Who will take your hand
shepherd you
From known to unknown
Again
Lech
It is clear now
With a voice like thunder
Is it an order, an invitation?
A request you cannot refuse?
Can you run?
Should you hide?
You are confused, uncertain
Who are you at your core?
Behind your eyelids
Beneath your skin
Where is your courage?
You hear the voice
Calling you, again and again
Lech
nudging you forward
Lech
more insistent now
You hear the voice
Your eyes open
The stars are gone
And the world begins
You move
One step at a time
Tiny steps, many steps
Courage is no more than
Taking steps one by one
Toward the voice you hear
That you feel in your bones
Each step brings you closer
To your destiny
Past those stars in the sky
Whatever that destiny might be
לך לך
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם לֶךְ־לְךָ֛ מֵאַרְצְךָ֥ וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וּמִבֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַרְאֶֽךָּ׃ The LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
Translation taken from Sefaria
Genesis 12:1