{"id":4468,"date":"2018-03-15T14:55:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T18:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2018-03-15T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T19:12:22","slug":"so-so-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/so-so-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"So, So Much More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by an Ezer Mizion volunteer<\/strong> who gained more than she gave during the months that she sat at Leah’s bedside.\"candle\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We stood at the door, needy and poor<\/p>\n

Searched for words, but none would appear.<\/p>\n

For you, Leah, mere words could never express,<\/p>\n

Just a hot and glistening tear.<\/p>\n

For whatever we\u2019d say, any words we\u2019d outpour<\/p>\n

You were so, so much more\u2026<\/p>\n

You were so, so much more\u2026<\/p>\n

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A mother and daughter, sister and wife,<\/p>\n

Your \u201cflock\u201d always there at your side,<\/p>\n

With devotion and will, and always so calm,<\/p>\n

Your children you gently would guide.<\/p>\n

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You had such a pure and pleasant demeanor,<\/p>\n

Your genuine joy captivated.<\/p>\n

You knew to be silent, even in pain,<\/p>\n

A true inner wholeness radiated<\/p>\n

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I felt your strong image obligating us all,<\/p>\n

For we saw a life story of courage,<\/p>\n

A tale \u2013 short, yet long \u2013 from which we must learn,<\/p>\n

An epic to urge and encourage.<\/p>\n

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I saw your figure arousing, demanding \u2013<\/p>\n

So simple, yet sincerely so pure.<\/p>\n

Teaching: What value has a transient world<\/p>\n

Versus Torah heights that endure?<\/p>\n

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I merited seeing how one can and must<\/p>\n

Live with rivers of flowing love<\/p>\n

For every mitzvah, for each creature,<\/p>\n

And for the Creator above.<\/p>\n

I had a walking textbook before my eyes,<\/p>\n

Of how to feel the pulse of time as it flies.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pearls carefully strung, pieces of life<\/p>\n

Stories too many to count,<\/p>\n

You were\u2026 You said\u2026<\/p>\n

You left us a legacy\u2026<\/p>\n

A wondrous lifetime account.<\/p>\n

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Volunteering<\/strong> at your bedside was a privilege indeed,<\/p>\n

Your radiant character inspiring,<\/p>\n

Days and nights, how you hoped and believed,<\/p>\n

I was awed by your faith, never tiring.<\/p>\n

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You lay in your bed, wounded and aching,<\/p>\n

Your body, in agony and pain<\/p>\n

Yet you did all to give a good feeling, a sweet,<\/p>\n

Thanking us again and again.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

As the sand in your hourglass neared to its end,<\/p>\n

You knew how to utilize your time.<\/p>\n

To inquire about our new job, a shidduch to suggest,<\/p>\n

As if you were feeling in your prime.<\/p>\n

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Your modesty was rare, O, what a loss!<\/p>\n

You were a sacrifice, for the rest to atone.<\/p>\n

They surely rejoiced up Above when you came,<\/p>\n

But, Leah, we were left here, alone!<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve lost mother and daughter, sister and wife,<\/p>\n

Our finest, alas, has moved on!<\/p>\n

Our heads are bowed, we weep on end,<\/p>\n

The \u201cthorns\u201d need their \u201crose,\u201d but she\u2019s gone\u2026<\/p>\n

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I know that the prayers and the tears that were shed<\/p>\n

Carved into our hearts their impression<\/p>\n

They built and transformed, worked wonders indeed,<\/p>\n

With their painful, yet penetrating lesson.<\/p>\n

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For, we, too, want to be pure as were you,<\/p>\n

To rise above matter, beyond \u201cwhy\u201d<\/p>\n

And, like Leah, to amass innumerable merits,<\/p>\n

To lead a life of truth, to try.<\/p>\n

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The final lines, the music fades,<\/p>\n

The tears are reluctantly dried.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve written and shared, yet my words cannot paint<\/p>\n

Your greatness \u2013 I\u2019m just not qualified<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

No, I just couldn\u2019t capture your towering image,<\/p>\n

Not your life, nor the secret of who you are.<\/p>\n

All we can do is to learn and to yearn<\/p>\n

To be like you, though we are so far.<\/p>\n

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See, Leah, the fruits of your labor,<\/p>\n

The light that you kindled still glows<\/p>\n

It continues to shine and illuminate<\/p>\n

The Kiddush Hashem yet grows.<\/p>\n

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The paths that you blazed, rare in their beauty<\/p>\n

Many more will yet tread them again,<\/p>\n

For this path is not far, it\u2019s within our reach<\/p>\n

\u201cYisgadal v\u2019yiskadash<\/em> shmei rabbah,<\/em>\u201d Amen.<\/p>\n

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