Noah Himsa -

the rain didn't ask permission. forty days of violence against the ground.

and noah? he hammered grace into gopher wood. one animal at a time. one breath at a time. noah himsa

Noah couldn't save everyone. He could only preserve a seed. the rain didn't ask permission

himsa was the storm. noah was the answer. for surviving the flood

But what about the himsa —the harm, the violence—that made the flood necessary in the first place?

We remember Noah for gathering the animals two-by-two, for surviving the flood, for the covenant of the rainbow.