Lee Diamond – “If I’m Not For Myself” (Hillel)
Often quoted
Yet hardy noted
“If I am not for myself
Who will be for me?”
Instead so many prefer
The continuation:
“And if I’m only for myself
Who am I?”
How can the Latter ever supersede
The Former?
None can help another
Without being oneself
Selflessness Is foolhardy
Selflessness is emptiness
It’s “loving the enemy”
In lieu of self
When my people deny themselves
In reaching out to their own enemy
To: JStreet
To: BDS
To: JVP
And find the good
In these declared enemies
They are nothing but hollow
Pride-less
Servants of others gods
Worshipers of a master called Baal
They are
“Fixers of the world”
Who are self flagellators
