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Ayeka
And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man.
Genesis Chapter 2, Verse 24
From the depths of his body he spoke
and from the deep waters of his soul
and words formed upon the waters
‘where are you?’
And he answered, ‘I am here’
and he looked down into the waters
and saw a face floating in the deep
and the voice grew stronger and said
‘where are you?’
And the face rose up towards him
through the water
and he beheld lips and cheeks and eyes
and he said to the face, ‘Is this my own
reflection that I behold?’
And the reflection answered, ‘Yes I was of you
but now I wish to be another, with you but apart
and then he felt a great pain in his loins
so great that he lay down on the sand in a stupor
And when he awoke the pain had gone
and in the water when he looked the face was gone
and he gazed and asked ‘Where are you?’
and she answered I am here
and beside him on the sand he beheld a woman
*Ayeka – “where are you?” – biblical Hebrew
© Johnmichael Simon
2008
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