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Yom Hazikaron

far from you

now

lighting a candle

holding you close

in silence

in stillness

looking back

remembering

in sadness

battlefields

your lives

lost…

remembering

About the Author

Sandra Schachter made aliya from Canada in 1968 and lived in Jerusalem for 33 years, where she was a freelance writer and editor, contributing articles and poetry to various publications around the world. She now resides in Montreal.