#49 Ki Tesse(Maqam Saba)
Maqam - a set of notes, with traditions that define the relationship between them, their patterns and expression. A musical mode. The Maqamat (plural) are patient, inwardly drawn, they are roomy enough for poetry. We worked the concept of the give-and-take between poetry and music.
We don’t really stone that kid we Ki Tesse
we leave: we cease to compare the what-it-
is to the what-we-wanted or the-way-it-was-
supposed-to-be,
we leave Ki Tesse: when we leave if we leave
our expectations where they belong in a
shoebox under the bed.
Only then are we free. We have entered the
holy way-it-is now we are free to be alive to life
in its complexity its messiness independent of
efforts to manage cajole contain.
Co-creators with G*d in the full catastrophe
and free.
Forgive us our lofty strategies and less lofty
strategies we are all learning studying the
world so we may receive the merits.
We’re doing the best we can.
We don’t really stone that kid we Ki Tesse
we leave: we cease to compare the what-it-
is to the what-we-wanted or the-way-it-was-
supposed-to-be,
we leave Ki Tesse: when we leave if we leave
our expectations where they belong in a
shoebox under the bed.
Only then are we free. We have entered the
holy way-it-is now we are free to be alive to life
in its complexity its messiness independent of
efforts to manage cajole contain.
Co-creators with G*d in the full catastrophe
and free.
Forgive us our lofty strategies and less lofty
strategies we are all learning studying the
world so we may receive the merits.
We’re doing the best we can.
