Freedom’s Curfew

July 28, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Asylum, Be a voice, Child trauma, Children Behind Bars, Current affairs, Injustice, MerriamWebster, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay 1 Comment

liberty bell PA Photo by mbell1975 on flickr

Photo: mbell1975 on flickr

As a bell tolls

Come dark,

May its sound be a reminder

Of the toll

Exacted from those whose steps

Are hidden,

Whose freedoms are

Forsaken,

And whose voices

Are silenced,

For no fault

But being

Born

Into hardship

And fleeing

Danger zones.

Merriam-Webster’s word for July 28, 2018:

Curfew

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Do Not Be Reticent

July 27, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Professional Development, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, child abuse, Childhood trauma, Cruelty, Current affairs, Have a voice, Kidnapping, MerriamWebster, Speak up, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

Photo: AP / Gregory Bull

Do not be reticent

About the truth.

When stolen children

Cry

Deprived of trust

Of hope

Of warmth,

Those of us who have

A voice

Must use it,

For the helpless

Cannot.

Merriam-Webster’s word for July 27, 2018:

Reticent

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Mendel’s Messengers

July 27, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: 100WordChallenge, Acts of Kindness, Elders, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Helping hand, Revisiting, Short Story, Synchronicity 11 Comments

PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz

She waited.

Three teens passed, faces glued to lit screens. One murmured “sorry” when he almost bumped into her. He didn’t look up.

A mother hurried in the direction of the car park, harried by a whining toddler.

Long minutes passed. She’d walked from the bus and her legs weren’t what they used to be. She leaned onto a lamppost and closed her eyes.

“Ma’am?”

A bearded face leaned toward her. Another man behind.

“Will you help me cross the street?”

“At your service!” Both men offered their hands.

She smiled. “Mendel sent you. It’s what he used to say.”

For the Friday Fictioneers Challenge

Big Brother

July 27, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Things Kids Say, Writing Tags: Admiration, Childhood, Encourage, Patience, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Safety, Siblings, Things Kids Say, Trust, WitsEndChallenge 5 Comments

Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

I will go, Big Brother

To the end of the earth

After you.

In spite of fear

I will try to repeat

All you do.

But I’ll still

Just in case

Reach for

And draw courage

From you.

For the Wits End Challenge: Childhood

Inchmeal by Inchmeal

July 26, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Baby steps, Current affairs, Have a voice, humanity, MerriamWebster, Persist, Resist, Transformation, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay 4 Comments

shallow focus photography of green caterpillar on green leaf

Photo by Egor Kamelev on Pexels.com

Inchmeal by inchmeal

We can reclaim

Lost sanity.

Small step by small step

We can restore

What this recent time had

Hammered in brutality.

The foundations are still there

Trusting rescue

Shaken but resistant.

Inchmeal by inchmeal

We can bring back home

Revive

Transform

The currently abandoned

Humanity.

Merriam-Webster’s word for July 26, 2018:

Inchmeal

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Take a Rest

July 26, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Benches, Black and White, Break, CB&W, Desaturated, Old and New, Park, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, quiet time 2 Comments

Photo source: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

Take a rest.

Rest your weight.

Old or new

There for you.

Scratched by love

Left by hate

It will let

The world wait

As you breathe

Quiet in

Quiet out

Soul inflate

Calm create.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge

Behemoth

July 25, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Empowerment, Have a voice, hope, humanity, Justice, MerriamWebster, Power, Resist, Vote, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

Photo: Chagit Moriah-Gibor

The sheer size of injustice

May derail many a

Courage,

But the sure footed will know

There’s much room to

Encourage,

For heft can usurp power

But does not need mean

Might,

When the small but the many

Can prove stronger in a

Fight.

Merriam-Webster’s word for July 25, 2018:

Behemoth

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A Wind’s Blessing

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: blessing, fpj-photo-challenge, journey, Life Lessons, Meditation, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Protection, Traveler, wisdom 7 Comments

Photo: Amitai Asif

May the wind

Fill your sail,

May your path

Never fail,

May you be spared

Facing gale

Or travail

And may good fortune

Prevail.

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Wind

Languid Lull

July 24, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Be The Change, Current affairs, Have a voice, Heat, hope, MerriamWebster, Summer, Vote, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

Photo: Dvora Freedman

In the endless, languid days of summer

When hubris and humidity nixes

Facts and kindness

Into haze,

Lays the promise of a fall soon coming

Where saner, cooler heads

May well usher in

Better days.

Merriam-Webster’s word for July 24, 2018:

Languid

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