I leave behind a music festival turned macabre by invaders then the war to weed out terror gutting Gaza and our hearts
Ahead of me, my path is strewn with obstacles of hatred Where will I find a safe haven? Who will welcome me with open arms?
I am tempted to turn my head and look back from where I came but I force myself to focus on what is yet to come.
Darcy Grabenstein’ s Jewish-themed poetry often has been published on Ritualwell. com, in Poetry Super Highway ' s 25th annual Yom HaShoah( Holocaust Remembrance Day) issue, and in three holiday supplements of the Academy for Jewish Religion. She currently co-leads a Jewish Writers’ Circle, sponsored by Ritualwell.
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