Ryfkah, As usual you create vibrant images. I
patricularly like 'stars sing psalms' and 'his peeled
soul'. I am not quite sure what you are trying to
establish by the several references to roses. Just me
perhaps. All that is best , cara.--- Ryfkah *
<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Heroine
>
> Stars sing psalms
> red roses send their scent
> and her ashes mix with salt and roses
>
> Tears scrawl messages
> in the sand Waves lick bare feet
> His peeled soul sighs
>
> She cradled the schoolchildren
> her body their shield
> their salvation
>
> Like a waterfall
> her blood cascaded
> a bright red rose
>
> The Rabbi eulogized
> asked her husband for his words
> He laid a red rose in her hands
>
> Pregnant tide
> as sand recedes
> the children sleep
>
> Ryfkah 9/11/01
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