Page 12 - Issue 24
P. 12
A poem about the
transition from Yom
Hazikaron to Yom
Ha’atzmaut in Israel
Two Minutes
By Lipa Aharoni
Kibbutz Sa'ad
A siren pierces the air, two minutes of tranquility
The colony is silent, in the usually bustling city
A teacher, a student and building worker stand still
A truck driver, a lawyer, a seller and a buyer as well
Bowing their heads joined by cleaners, police and
doctors
Clerks, teachers, artists, and café goers -
United stand widows, bereaved mothers and
troubled fathers
Comrades in arms, childhood friends, grandparents,
sons and daughters
