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The Soldier Weeping
at the Western Wall
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by Sister Felicia Community of St. Mary |
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Asa my uncle, died at the wall,
With twenty-six others
The SS shot them all.
For him, and for them, I weep at the Wall.
Sarah, my cousin, died at the wall -
In a chamber of Auschwitz, she died at the wall.
With a child at her breast,
So hungry - so small.
For her and the child, I weep at the Wall. |
Shalom, my brother, died at the wall,
On the Syrian border, he died at the wall
Of the house he had built:
He was rugged and tall.
For my brother Shalom, I weep at the Wall.
O G-d of my fathers, I fought for this Wall. |
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For my uncle and those who fell with him - for all;
For my cousin, her baby, so hungry, so small.
For my brother Shalom - rugged and tall
Now let my tears win the right - just to fall.
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