So many voids
the world full of them.
Unknown relatives
in mass graves.
Or did they survive?
Still lost to family here.
Their bones, in the vast
ritual of music unplayed,
like violin bows taut.
All our unstrung lives
saved by utterance.
Preserve the memory of your loved one with a plaque on our Yahrzeit(Yiddish) The anniversary of a death, usually marked by the lighting of a 24-hour yahrzeit candle and the recitation of Kaddish, the memorial prayer. For U.S. Jews, the unveiling of the headstone usually takes place on or around the first yahrzeit. Wall. Learn More ->
So many voids
the world full of them.
Unknown relatives
in mass graves.
Or did they survive?
Still lost to family here.
Their bones, in the vast
ritual of music unplayed,
like violin bows taut.
All our unstrung lives
saved by utterance.
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