YITRO

When the Voice that spoke the Ten flashed from Sinai,
A silence from before Creation filled
The world. No wave could rush, nor bird could cry,
And all who heard were in one instant killed
And brought to life with resurrection’s dew --
So must the poem’s voice be likewise stilled
From speaking what the son of Amram knew.
But this is also told: from Midian
The father of Tsipporah came to view
The people G-d had saved. He watched, and then
Advised Moshe: "Your justice is too slow.
You cannot judge en masse. Divide them into tens
And tens of tens; give them leaders that they know."
And Moshe hearkened to the voice of Yitro.