Something of a Sabbath

 
.… settled down
after chaos week
terror days,
statistic’s fear,
but here a respite
without rules, or jots and tittles, dotted “i” s,
– just the peace
of day descending
beauty’s wonder, praise
a change in set of light
where Love could meet
in fuller sense of blessing
named – “Shalom”  [i]  
 
(2020s) 


[i]   “Shalom”. Etymology Online Dictionary.  {https://www.etymonline.com/word/shalom }  (accessed January 20, 2022):
“Jewish word of greeting, Hebrew, literally ‘peace,’ properly ‘completeness, soundness, welfare,’ from stem of shalam ‘was intact, was complete, was in good health.’ Related to Arabic salima ‘was safe,’ aslama ‘surrendered, submitted.’  ”