Tashlich is the ceremony for symbolically letting go of our sins of the past year.
This poem is a reflection on Tashlich:
Tashlich
It’s easier to throw
Than to really let go
Crumbs and pebbles sail and sink
What we want to cleanse in our souls, though
Weighs heavy
Concrete blocks bound to our feet
Head too heavy for the neck to hold it up
Shoulders burdened by an invisible yoke
And as the crumbs
Drift away
There is a mental switch
The bread should stay on shore
And be the base for something delicious
And nourishing
It’s me should be in the water
Drifting
Floating
For a few moments, the water’s hands
Carrying the weight for me
Beginning to dissolve the thickness
The agglutination of all my wrongdoings, and wishi’ddones,
My It’snotformetodos, my conventientlyoverlookeds,
And my Itookthemforgrantedagains…
It’s so much easier to throw
Than to really let go
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