Type: Poem

“In this grove that awakens in me forgotten tears of grief…”

“for Shalom is wholeness / for Salaam is whispered promise…”

“a world in which the children of Sarah, / and the children of Hagar will finally live in peace.”

“What stories will we tell this infant / war, what songs sing to it?”

“We reach to touch souls as luminous as mirrors / so we might reflect light back to each other.”

“I do not live in Israel but I have / tasted all her fruits…”

“Reasons mean nothing in the harsh light of consequence / Reasons are but shadows of war”

“Maybe you don’t know about my / passion for justice and integrity.”

“and so I stumble / through my workday, / weeping in between meetings…”

“Into what space do we turn on our winding ways / to the place of tears and grief?”