Antidote

not a pet OfirAsif

Photo: Ofir Asif

 

There are whispers

In the Ether,

Toxic stories meant

For loss of hope.

They are phantoms.

Do not listen as

Malignant news

Grabs scope.

Find instead

The breath of valor.

Seek the children,

Help them cope.

Hold up truth,

Unfurl your kindness

To withstand

Slithery slopes.

 

 

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Meandering

horse shoe stream Shiloh AmitaiAsif

Photo: Amitai Asif

 

When life turns back onto itself

When flow seems stalled

Or slogs to mud

Hope still remains

A promise curled in gathered clouds

For though they hide the current sun

They still meander

Toward a future

Of fertile streams

To guard.

 

 

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Things That Matter

down the mountain

Photo: Atara Katz

 

 

Congregate

Around the things that matter:

The hopes of young

To grow old

Without being gunned down

By hate long fed.

The voices that have gone

Unheard

By overwhelming glower

And will no more be silenced

By greed or dread.

Congregate

Around those who stand proud

To challenge unjust power.

It is the coming together

Which will pave

New roads

For change.

 

 

 

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