Another day
Wrestling with God'
Nothing is forgiven
Someone has to pay
Something needs to be given
Unholy offering
There is no promised land
Fragrant with the fruits of compassion
You, who will not paint the houses
With the blood of your cousins,
Deserve to enter
Go back or be silent
Whilst we create paradise
For the people
Willing to
Sacrifice
Everything
Even Adonai
*Dedicated to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 Poland – 1972 US)
Suggested reading:
https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/heschel-religion-and-race-speech-text/
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