Poem for 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Mark 12:28-37

The two are one

there is no greater

than this

to love God with everything in you

and

your neighbor as yourself

this (these)

one (two)

bring all the love of God

proclaimed daily in the Shama

all the love of God

acted in the lives of the people

all the love of God

lived in the nation

all the love of God

preached to the people

all the love of God

done

to us and for us

to turning

to one side

--or another

and seeing each time

anew

the face of God