#BlogElul Day 23: Begin

    God sorts the stories we don’t tell.

           —Rachel Barenblatt

Let us begin to unspool 

our untold stories

and let them roll out  

over the grass, gravel, and asphalt

until they arrive at a small stream

where children toss sticks and watch

the current take them downstream

Let us make boats out of tree bark

to hold our stories

and set them loose