ו נ י י ה ם י ד ב
ע Avadim Hayinu
We Were Enslaved
The Wandering( and Wondering) Jew
Darcy Grabenstein
I leave behind painful memories of laboring in the hot Egyptian sun, limestone dust clogging our lungs snakes, scorpions and fear our constant companions
I leave behind mounds of rubble that were once holy altars upon which sacrifices were made, now walls, promises and faith broken
I leave behind chimneys sending smoke signals of the carnage, babes wrenched from mothers’ arms pleading eyes, heart-wrenching wails, deafening silence
I leave behind Israeli commuter buses charred shells of their former selves as righteous souls comb the area for bits, pieces, remnants of what once was
I leave behind the Tree of Life synagogue ripped open at the seams, survivors ripping their clothes in mourning a community, a people, a world torn apart
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