(c) Rabbi Menachem Creditor
for Landingham & Kaepernick, our angels in the wings
Sometimes, it isn't about nuance.
Sometimes it just comes down to facing the storm,
calling God out,
standing at the center of a whirlwind
holding your ground.
No cathedral is immune to agony,
no soul impervious to life itself
Sometimes it just comes down to facing the storm,
calling God out,
standing at the center of a whirlwind
holding your ground.
No cathedral is immune to agony,
no soul impervious to life itself
no nation purely noble.
If it were any other way,
there would be no need for cathedrals
in the first place.
Kneel,
If it were any other way,
there would be no need for cathedrals
in the first place.
Kneel,
stand,
sit,
rise up.
To kneel is
to submit
To kneel is
to submit
to lower oneself
Speak your truth,
God damn it.
That's what God wants most of all.
to step down
to pause.
To kneel is to call attention
to touch the Earth's face
to listen to those
whose blood saturates
the very roots of our story.
To kneel is to step aside
to step outside
to invite others to come closer
to remember.
To kneel is not to stand
not to stand
not to stand idly by.
Speak your truth,
God damn it.
That's what God wants most of all.