Leaving Our Egypt- A Path Unknown

Wilderness or promised land?

You have been freed!

Hurry, because the slaves are leaving fast,

Having cheated the angel of death upon your doorstep.

At least for the moment . . . 

But there is a deadly new plague on the horizon.

Covid-19. 

Did your mystical God wreak the virus upon us?

I thought he was perhaps more powerful than our idols.

Hurry before Pharaoh changes his mind.

Or your people cower and decide to stay.

Bring only the essentials.

A dry unleavened cracker,

And vial of my hot magenta lipstick

Pharaoh’s wife cried.

Hurry my slave. 

Take your plagues with you!

Bring your sickness, destruction, and death.

You must leave the house of your birth.

Do not look behind.

Set out in the blackness, to wander an unknown path.

Will it be a barren wilderness? 

Or a promised land?

Can the promise of new life, 

Be sweeter than the safety of past misery?

As you stand on this beacon of light, 

Do you have the fortitude to step forward?

Go! You must hurry before you hesitate.

And fear to leave the tomb of your mind.

Passover- A Journey to Possibility

Hurry my servant, you have been commanded to flee.

Along with 600,000 of your tribe.

After more than 400 years, you Jews have been freed.

Hurry, because the slaves are leaving fast,

Hurry before Pharaoh changes his mind.

Or your people cower and decide to stay.

Wear the baby pink toga,

With the flat, strappy Prada sandals.

You must pack light but look pretty.

Bring a vial of my hot magenta lipstick

Along with these gold coins.

Take my pearl ear bobbles,

I won’t need them anymore.

Pharaoh’s wife wept.

Here is charred lamb meat as a snack.

For you will need strength for your journey.

And pack some bread, although it is unleavened.

Do not wait for it to rise.

Pray to your mystical God for us,

As your divinity is more powerful than Ramses.

Hurry my slave, and take your plagues with you.

Your sickness, destruction, and death.

Take your wretchedness and stench of bondage.

Listen to me carefully.

You have been a faithful servant.

But you must leave the house of your birth.

Do not look behind.

Set out in the blackness,

Hurry, for you will be guided

By a vapor darker than the blackest shadow.

Run, into the magical unknown.

Believe, and you will find your way.

Go now before you hesitate.

And fear to leave the tomb of your mind.

Run, into the magical unknown 
Believe, and you will find your way.