Praying for an end/Mark Elliott Shapiro
This is the second year
In a row
That the candles are burning bright
On Hanukkah
When we still have
Hostages—women and men,
Children, and elderly persons—
Across the border
In the Gaza Strip
Therefore, I pray
That I shall very soon
See the day
When there will be
An end
An end
To the suffering
Of the hostages
An end
To the
Suffering of their families
I pray
For the day
That I shall see
The brightly lit faces
Of those
Who will welcome
With fear and excitement
With a joy that has known torment
I pray
For the day
That I shall see
The brightly lit faces
Of those
Who will hug
Cautiously and with sensitivity
Those who will return
From the darkness
That was the Gaza Strip,
That narrow strip,
That strangling strip
I pray for the day
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