<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">My recent submission on "Covering Eyes for Sh'ma" inspired me to write the following poem:<div><br></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 22px; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">The words of the Sh'ma cross every Jew's lips</span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" color="#232323" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">From birth until death </span></font></span><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">– never fail.</span></font></span><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">We cover our eyes to block everything out</span></font></span><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">And the spirit of God we inhale.</span></font></span><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">With each single word may our lives be enriched</span></font></span><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">Doing that which we know to be right.</span></font></span><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">It is then we uncover the meaning of prayer; </span></font></span><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">Through action our souls will ignite</span></font></span><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="5" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; ">.</span></font></span></div></div></div></body></html>