eyes kept open
mikvahs are heavier
than a normal jewish ritual.
but they’re lighter than death—
maybe a certain type of
rebirth.
here’s what i remember
“i wanted to be older. i wanted to be pretty. i thought in order to be either, i had to lose something. this felt like a good place to start.”
Sacred Walls
“Its Hebrew bitter to my untrained tongue/ And its mysteries swirling in my clueless mind”
