Type: Poem

“Standing at the shore Miriam faced the sea to watch the threats and the pain of a million moments prior…”

“sparking hope / for a engulfing glow to illuminate all peoples / through love…”

“Darkness is Love: / deep, endless, rapturous curiosity / ripe for the work of creation.”

“We are with each other. We are not alone. / We will do what we have always done.”

“I am left with only my own thinking heart / in this nightmare humanity has dreamt / for itself.”

“Seeking an impossible calm, we bed / down our gardens for the winter, / wishing we too could sleep soundly.”

This powerful poem was written during the Yom Kippur war in 1973.

“Today, I call for hope. / Tomorrow, I call for peace. / Forever, I call for justice”

The poet frames the loss of life in Israel and in Gaze with this powerful liturgy