Karban

ansham

regret flops on the pinched heart
my heart cuts blood short
reshaping me
the goat

chataht

bring darkness here
explode the sun
drown me in the deepest sea cave
forever
hide me in a rock’s cleft
black out my deeds
forever done
damned

shelamin

a fire’s hunger
my hunger
a priest’s hunger
fulfilled
and You, O Lord
Your hunger fulfilled

menchah

this gift
of labor
less than life
toil of broken sod
countless furrows
harvest

olah

in fire is born
the nothing that is
the nothing that was
the nothing that will be
whole
empty
clean

a child’s lamb
unspotted, perfect pure
friend and pet
but daddy, why?
slit neck open, ascending
and blood
surrender
approaching You
O Lord!