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: 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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Abel Tasman Coast Track; Photo: Inbar Asif
Hold up those who are too small
So they, too, can have a view
And visibility.
Hoist up those who are too timid
Or are silenced
So they, too, can have a voice
And secure platform.
Elevate the discourse
On behalf of those
Who had forgotten
Or had become accustomed
To degraded declarations,
And so can use a gentle template
How.
Offer a hand to those most in need
Of a perspective
So they may see
Broader horizons
For understanding
Not just might
But heart and mind.
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Photo: Amitai Asif
As tensions hold
The edge
Between manageable
And overwhelmed,
Between spared
And flooded,
Be tender.
As scales tip
To potentiate
Disaster
And fluctuate
From safe
To calamitous,
Be kind.
Remember how
Critical times
Hold within them
The balance
Of rebuilding
On the fabric of
Strength
And profound
Understanding.
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Photo: Atara Katz
Seek not acclaim
But accord
Not praise
But partaking
Not applause
But appraisal
Not homage
But homecoming.
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Photo: Dvora Freedman
In a trance, you transcend.
Or defend.
Or lose sight.
Use it wisely
Lest you intend
To upend
What should remain
Firm in mind.
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Photo: Inbar Asif
Recite the words you want to hear
Those your heart dreams to
Follow
Recite the words your soul still seeks
The ones that soothe
A sorrow
Recite the words you know are true
They will bring forth
Tomorrow.
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Photo: O. Asif
May the grain of the past
Tell the story.
May history speak
Of the truth
That must
Never be buried
Like heads in the sand,
Or in hesitant voices
That won’t take a stand.
May the stain of the past
Be the guide to these times
So no alleged ‘fine men’
Torch-lit hate in the night
Once again propagate
Let return
Evil’s blight.
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V2, Ohio
When the world appears to lose an axis
And takes a haphazardly dive toward a
Wannabe regime,
It is high time to hold steady
And unequivocally confirm,
That racist hate and violence
Reflect the morally infirm
While equality and compassion
Are what’s truly supreme.
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Photo: Atara Katz
In a moment
We become
Whole or fractured
Foe or chum.
In a jiffy
We select
What to support
Who to reflect.
In this moment
And the next
Choosing truth
Will reject hate.
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