'Selah סֶלָה'

'Selah סֶלָה' timothy r gates, 6/07/2010, inspired by Jane's Museletter

Cantors pause
choirs hesitate
an intoned refrain
eternity's breath
knows no genesis
adolescence waits for direction
modernity pretends to know better
psalmist smiles,
rests in the moment's silence –
pregnant joy,
Selah סֶלָה.