Our world is teetering
On the brink,
Off kilter, off balance,
Out of sync;
Thirteen states seeing
Wildfire spikes
From heat waves, droughts,
And lightning strikes,
Flash flooding and landslides,
Leaving many deceased
In the US, Europe, Asia,
And the Far East.
Many claimed that COVID
Had run its course;
Then the third wave descended
With Delta force.
Massive grounding
Of airplane flights,
Sirens blaring into the nights,
People pushed
Onto subway tracks,
Systematic terrorism,
Random attacks.
In the upheaval,
Our loved ones,
All that we prize,
Fading away
Before our eyes.
The absence of justice
Has brought this about,
So entrenched in corruption,
Seems there’s no way out.
Conversely,
In a remote area
Of Judea and Samaria,
In Hashem’s Holy Land,
On a lonely hilltop,
A farmer and his family
Are tending their flock;
They have no running water
Or electricity,
Their faith flows like a river,
Their lamp burns brightly.
Other youth on these hilltops
Stand resolute
Forsaking the Holy Land,
Just doesn’t compute,
Survivors of families
That were expelled
From lands Israel liberated
Defending itself.
As devastation
Stakes its claim,
People of courage
Sanctify Your Name;
In a world that’s falling
Apart at the seams,
Some still hold to G-d’s pledge,
To “impossible” dreams.
These heroes wait not
For Eliyahu,
But live by Your promise,
HaKadosh Baruch Hu,
Pursuing justice
Without compromise,
As haters of Israel
Rain down lies,
They stand on the front lines,
These brave shock troops,
As apologists for Israel
Jump through hoops!
King David said:
“I look at my right hand
And I see,
There is nobody
Who knows me!”
It’s You and us, Hashem
You are One,
Each here alone, with You,
After all’s said and done.
All forms around us,
Engage, temporarily
To deal with fairly, accordingly
As ships that pass each other
In the night,
Each alone with Hashem
And the chance
To do right.
Israel stands alone,
Every world nation
Unified in one thing:
Israel’s condemnation.
World destruction continues;
The one hope this:
Recognizing Israel’s sovereignty,
Israel’s right to exist.
By Sharon Marcus
