Earth Etude for Elul 22

The Thread of Elul

by Carly Sachs

~What does thunder say and what storm
or visitor has come to quench the secret

thirst of the soul and how different the soft knocking
of the heart and can you bathe in the waters

of the breath? The dharma of a warrior is not to fight,
but to love, and how do you trust that your vulnerability

is your strength. Discernment is knowing that to hold
and to release are not two beads, but one thread.

Carly Sachs is a writer and yoga teacher. She is the author of the steam sequence and Descendants of Eve, and the editor of the anthology, the why and later. She bakes challah weekly in Lexington, KY. You can follow her baking journey on Instagram at challah_at_y_all.

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