Tsion’s Journey
Genesis

windblown, skyblazed
sandblind, suncrazed,
apparitions sailed
into Avraham’s words
of a one God world.




Exodus

bloodscarred, chainbound
physical freedom, newfound
stone laws of Moses
line of David, house of bread
Solomon’s temple, reeks of the dead.
 
Antiquities

ancient pale pink
towers, turrets
and crumbling walls
temple ashes
teeth and skulls.





Holocaust


gassed hearts of Jews
ashes of mother mingle
with ashes of child...


did God stand among them
in chambers of concrete
naked and clawing
climbing no higher
on each others backs???





gut wrenching rotten
feelings forgotten.
Israel
1982,04,14


Published in Jerusalem Post