Type: Poem

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“Help our nighttime wakings / become sites of radical imagination and creativity…”
a dove fles in front of buildings
“Bring to our turn-table faith that we can turn the tide, / where children’s laughter sparkles in the clear blue air…”
a sky of blue clouds
“In this grove that awakens in me forgotten tears of grief…”
a grove of trees overlooks the water
“for Shalom is wholeness / for Salaam is whispered promise…”
people in the wilderness pointing to the sunrise
“a world in which the children of Sarah, / and the children of Hagar will finally live in peace.”
green mountains above a green valley
“What stories will we tell this infant / war, what songs sing to it?”
person hiking in the desert
“We reach to touch souls as luminous as mirrors / so we might reflect light back to each other.”
An Eagle reflected in water
“I do not live in Israel but I have / tasted all her fruits…”
The Jerusalem skyline
“Reasons mean nothing in the harsh light of consequence / Reasons are but shadows of war”
shadows-holding-hands-walking-on-dark-desert-road-toward-mountains

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