Before Rosh Hoshanah <br />The music is the music of the prayer <br />A music heard from childhood <br />A music deep in me <br /> <br />Hearing its sad beauty again <br /> <br />So far from its beginning in me <br />And so close to its end <br /> <br />I long in fear for God <br />To take me home. <br /> <br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-music-of-the-prayer/