Text by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen

Photos by Gabi Mezger

dark emotions lurk in our hearts

heaviness weighs down our souls

the night stretches on

           interminably;

we cannot see

we are lost

hope fades

but the picture is incomplete

a candle burns

piercing the darkness

anticipating dawn

reviving hope

carrying us forward

into a new day

Rabbi Katy Allen is a board certified chaplain and serves as a Nature Chaplain and the Facilitator of One Earth Collaborative, a program of Open Spirit. She is the founder and rabbi of Ma’yan Tikvah – A Wellspring of Hope, which holds services outdoors all year long. She is the co-founder and President pro-tem of the Boston-based Jewish Climate Action Network. She received her ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion in 2005. 

carrying us forward

into the new day