Sunday, June 17, 2007

Shame



I just got off the phone with a relative in Israel... These are my first thoughts of the situation now occuring...

I shame for you
My city
For a pride that's been misplaced

I shame for you
My love
For a name that's been disgraced

I shame for you
My city
For a people so confused

I shame for you
My love
For requests that were refused

I shame for you
My city
For a fight that can not end

I shame for you
My love
For the violence they send

I shame for you
My city
For the fires in the souls

I shame for you
My love
For misdirected goals

I shame for you
My city
For an act that's been misused

I shame for you
My love
For a love that's been abused

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful post. The saddest thing is that if we all truely yearned with full hearts that were brimming over with unshed tears then Hashem would send us the Geula. There is a beautiful song in hebrew about standing at the kosel only i've no clue how to upload it - anyone who can help?

the dreamer said...

ask nuch - he's the hebrew posting expert...

David_on_the_Lake said...

Beautiful..and sad..

It sounds like it should be a Tisha B'av Kina..

The truth is whats going on now in Yerushalayim..sounds almost biblical in its perverse nature. I just hope that Hshem gets a clear message from those opposed..that we are against this with all our heart and soul

socialworker/frustrated mom said...

Sad yet beautifully expressed.

the dreamer said...

david - yes, it's really sad.
i can break down and cry just thinking about it.

swfm - thank you.

Shmuel said...

I just heard about it myself...
Very distressed. Very, very, distressed...
Sigh...

the dreamer said...

jewmaican - the messages i've been getting are that the police response is even harsher than last time...

terrible...

Scraps said...

Hashem yishmor. This poem - and what it's about - breaks my heart... :(

exsemgirl said...

really beautiful and profound.

the dreamer said...

scraps - breaks mine, too.

exsemgirl - thank you.

Anonymous said...

I posted a whole comment, but I dont know where it went - did it show up at all?

the dreamer said...

nopes, allie.
didn't show up...

ah, the joys of blogger!

Anonymous said...

Great! My first comment on your blog... not a good sign..
Anyway, I wrote up this long comment at work today - yes I was obviously very busy... I'll try to see if I can remember it all.
Basically, I was agreeing with David that this whole thing is so corrupt, it reminds me of biblical times - as in the time of Mabul. The world was so corrupt that it actually affected the animals - as in today's generation, if you keep up with some weird news stories. And the only thing that could cleanse the world was a huge flood that destroyed almost everyone and everything. It's a scary thought...

the dreamer said...

allie - you must have a very interesting job... lol...

yeah, it is crazy... i was reading an article recently on the goings on in the animal world... perverse is not the word...

david - i'm gonna absolutely kill you...
grr...

Anonymous said...

hey my name was mentioned here, u woke me up from my sleep

Beautiful post!!!!

you really write great!

are you hinting at the pride parade Uberkerenish?

the dreamer said...

nuch - yeah, that's exactly what i was referring to...
:(

Bas~Melech said...

Hold it -- why are we killing David? Did I miss something?

the dreamer said...

basmelech - guess you didn't notice my dot usage...

David_on_the_Lake said...

Yup..I'm the source of all evil....

the dreamer said...

david - not ALL evil...