Topic Tags: war

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“I pray for a swift end to this unwanted war.”
the night sky
“We are in mourning; / our people are in mourning; / collectively we are sitting shiva.”
a candle and red flowers
“Oh this heartbreak,  Silence howling.  Oh this heart ache,  Terror prowling…” 
face of person crying against dark light
“we must turn from death and war / and learn again the message of hope and love and peace.”
light filters through trees
“She fights for her life, while I panic in my room, / thousands of miles away, in plain clothes…”
a view of the sky over Mt Sinai
“I am afraid to wear a kippah, to put on my Star of David, / or to even look or seem a little Jewish…”
a hand holds a chain with a Star of David
“Who will bathe heated heads with cool clarity?”
a woman looks into the sunset in the desert
“We ask that that you inspire humans to remember our fellow creatures in this time of war, to mitigate the damage that we cause them and to bring us all to a time of peace.”
a dog walks across the desert
“what will ensure / that this will never happen again?”
a person holds their hands to their ears in distress
“the cry rises from every throat – may this never happen again!”
water rolls through a log

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