On This Night

Tonight Christians 

dip bread in wine

contemplate Good Friday,

and the crucified Messiah

Tonight Jews

tell the  story of fleeing Egypt

They pour a cup of wine 

for Elijah and wait 

for the Messiah

At that confluence 

between arrived and waiting—

in that space 

the Last Supper

and Passover  Seder 

lived as one —for a brief meal

Tonight another confluence

I stand with a foot

in two stories