Abraham
Here I am
Father
Here I am my son
Abraham Abraham
Here I am
After the lying and vacilating of the previous chapters Abraham becomes true to himself. His sound is realigned with his self.
“Here I am” he says to God, to his son and then again to God. Hidden underneath is the sound to himself. This is not a statement of geographical location. This is about presence, about being.
Abraham sounds himself ‘here I am.’ And in that bare naked sound he is fully himself. He is not a liar now.
The story is about giving everything up. All his wanderings, his waiting, his anguish seems pointless. This sound will fade unheard back into the desert.
But he sounds himself. ‘Here I am.’ And he is heard. To this day.