Every bit of life is crying to You
Silently screaming
With no other desire but to reconnect
And be absorbed within You.
We are all Yearnings for You,
Each a little fallen spark
Unknown by its surroundings,
The very life-force of its own prison,
A prisoner to those it sustains.
Ignored and shamed
Forgotten and abandoned
But still yearning on its own
Though its body has no idea
Can’t begin to touch this passion.
How can I call out and make myself known
In this foreign city?
Why am I stuck here?
Why can't I just leave and go back home,
To the place where I belong?
What is the point of this mission You sent me on
If I’m unable to help?
They won't listen to me
They don’t know of me
I’m helpless, pointless, down here.
I bang on the door
They can’t hear me.
Yelling at the top of my lungs,
They only shut me in further,
And drown out my voice
Multiplying their games
And continuing the worthless labor.
But then Darkness…
Underneath the door this small light can be seen
We’re discovered!
All the little silver and gold vessels
These scattered pieces of light
Now suddenly appear
Sparkling out of this darkness.
“And Hashem said to Moshe
Come to Pharaoh”
Because from deep down here I speak to you
Come and free me.
This is the reason for all the darkness –
So I can make myself known.
This is the reason for all the pain –
So you can stop and listen,
So that this small sweet voice can be heard.
Because only at the darkest part of the night
Are the furthest stars revealed.
“And Moshe said, so says Hashem 'At midnight I will come out in the midst of Egypt'."
Shemot Raba 14:3:
“The same darkness which darkened Egypt illuminated Israel.
On this it says, (psalms 27) “Hashem is my light and my salvation…”
So too before the final redemption –
The Holy One Blessed Be He will send darkness,
As it says, (Isaiah 60) “For behold darkness will cover the earth…
…and a terrible storm for the Nations, so that Hashems light will shine out from upon you, and His Glory will be seen on you, nations will walk by your light… “