Photo: Amitai Asif
Sometimes spikes
May well mean
You best keep your
Distance.
However,
If you take the time
To understand
That prickly often means
Protective,
You may find
Some thorny people
Can with kind acceptance
And a bit of patience
Come to share
Sweet fruit.
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Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
In the constant feed of drama
And five-minute-news of all-that’s-wrong
And all that must be done
And all that cannot yet
Or won’t be,
Seek a spot of shade
And a penchant for deep breathing.
Nurture moments of quietude
Of birdsong
Children’s laughter
And the breeze whispering
Sweet nothings to your soul.
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Photo: Atara Katz
Differentiate the urge
To disobey
For pure defiance’s sake,
From the value of resisting
Those who violate
Or lower what’s at stake.
Refuse the rush
Of righteousness
That rebellions can wake,
And replace it with the strength
Of discerning hate from kindness,
Truth from fake.
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Photo: Amitai Asif
Like pebbles on the beach
Like grains of sand
Like leaves upon the trees
Like flowers in a meadow
May we never be alone
In sorrow
And in hope.
May we find solace
In each other
And may compassion
Weave heart strands together
So we remember
How alike we are
Each one its own true flower
Each one part of the whole
In sorrow
And in hope.
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Tribute in Light — Photo: DOD
On the eve of 9/11
In this city that has been forever changed
As it had its core humanity
Revealed
In uncountable acts of kindness
Under devastation,
I revisit
The day
The sky grew dark
With smoke
And hearts broke open
With compassion.
For more information on tomorrow night’s Tribute in Light
For the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
LEGOLAND, Deutschland; Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
It may not be the best planning
(Though extra points for depiction geared
For universal understanding …)
To include such giggle-making signing
Right where many are aligning
With legs already crossed in short queue pining …
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Photo: Amitai Asif
As change and challenge come
And you are stretched
Beyond what seems possible
To overcome,
Recall
How transformation
Can become
Its own journey
To an unexpected
Outcome.
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Photo: Ofir Asif
As night gives way to day
And rain to sunshine
In cycles of expected
Understanding,
May we not forget
How our steps and deeds
Feed the beat of storms
Intensifying
Spur the crush of waves
Amplifying
Augment the tremors of fault lines
Magnifying
In
Earth’s crescendo,
Notifying.
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Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Within the infinite expanse
So immeasurably borderless
In perpetual ebb
And flow
And breath
And glow,
There hides
The implausible
Yet glaringly finite
Reality
That it too
Is delimited
By wind
And storm
And distant shores.
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Photo: Pinterest
She went to sleep in her pink sparkle cupcakes pajamas but when her parents checked on her later at night, they found the five-year-old wearing her new uniform over it, down to the knee socks and shiny Mary-Janes, arms around her schoolbag.
“She’ll be all wrinkled in the morning,” Mom sighed.
“Leave her be,” Dad smiled. “We can iron out the creases in her clothing but I sure won’t want to smoothe out any of her excitement.”
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