Silence: A Poem
[Since the latest terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7, I have been writing many poems. I am compelled to share this poem with you, a broad audience].
Silence
By Janice Leslie Hochstat Greenberg
@2023
Silence
The silence
Is louder
Than
The voices
Rising
Up
Against
Israel
And
Jews
The silence
Isolates
Me,
It makes me feel
Vulnerable
The silence
Wraps itself
Tightly
Around
My soul
Suffocating me.
I want to cry out
Beseeching
All of you
Who are
The silent ones
To raise your voices
In defense of
Your
Jewish friends or neighbors
Or colleagues
Or teachers or students
Or librarians
Or fill in the blanks
Louder, please
I cannot hear you.
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