Prayer for Trans Jews, 5777

by Sage Yockelson
 
And I am a vessel who gives light
and I am a vessel
who sometimes receives it. And I am a body
 
and I am a body
 
and I am a body.
 
And I am magic
like an elevator
that opens on both sides.
 
And I got lost downtown
and the city ate up my girl body
and spit it out again
and what is a
girl body
and what is an
elevator
?
something that fluctuates
something
something.
 
And I am thinking about God
Her girl body
being
an elevator.
 
I sit down in the temple
the Rabbi says,
sit with palms down if you’re exuding
gold light.
palms up
if you need to
receive some.