Hope Amidst the Horror

by Darcy Grabenstein

I refuse to view the atrocities
coming to light in my news feed
but the descriptions are enough
to clog every crevice
of my brain, and so I stumble
through my workday,
weeping in between meetings
for the savagery
and for the loss of life
on both sides of the fence.

And I pray
for shalom
salaam
peace.

Posted in Communal Tragedy
grief, Israel, war, weeping

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