A Comforting Flower - Poem
This week, I had the great zechus to be at the wedding of a very dear, beloved and close cousin of mine. It was a truly emotional and heartfelt experience, as any wedding should be, but for me personally it was extra special. As we began the meal after the Chupah, an idea clicked in my head for a beautiful poem. A little bit of context is requred. One of my cousin's names is Menachem and one of his Kallah's names is Shoshana. Menachem in Hebrew (מנחם) has the root word Nachem (נחם) which means "comfort". Shoshana in Hebrew (ששנה) means "flower". If you put that all together, you get a very interesting title, that being, "Comforting Flower." When that realization dawned me at the wedding, I decided to begin writing a poem based on it right than and there. Starting it off at that moment, I completed the following morning and now I am blessed and honoured to share it with you. While I won't (and haven't to my knowledge) mentioned my cousin d...