Topic Tags: war

“the shared livestream of celebrated death, / night and day of shattered glass.”

“I wish I could make enough soup to nourish the broken, injured, hurting, praying, people of the world.”

“I have lived enough to know there / are probably embers glowing…”

“Once upon the time / last weekend, something changed the composition of my body, / my memories, / and the way that I breathe.”

“Two weeks / have passed / since rockets / split the skies, / and invaders / split our hearts.”

“I pray for a swift end to this unwanted war.”

“We are in mourning; / our people are in mourning; / collectively we are sitting shiva.”

“Oh this heartbreak,  Silence howling.  Oh this heart ache,  Terror prowling…” 

“we must turn from death and war / and learn again the message of hope and love and peace.”

“She fights for her life, while I panic in my room, / thousands of miles away, in plain clothes…”