How could you turn your back
on Judaism, he asked, as though
it was a shadow I was trying to outrun.
I do not tell him that if his God
wants me to take it up again
God needs only ask me personally,
but far too many claim who to be his messenger
have led me to the place I find myself.
I tell him that I know you cannot
outrun your shadow but if
you keep the sun on your face
your shadow is of no concern to you.