From Katyushas (Hizbullah rockets)
Forest outside Meron, northern Israel
5767 (2006)

Walking.
Eyes on the trail.
left, right,
left, right.

_____ Green forest passes by,
_____ brown dirt and rocks
_____ that grow

Walking.
Eyes on the past.
left, right,
left, right.

_____ We love this land,
_____ roots resting deeper than
_____ terror arrows can pierce

Walking.
Eyes on the path.
left, right,
left, Black.

_____ Charcoal trunks, shock and pain
_____ consumed by flame
_____ and Evil.

Staring.
Eyes gaze up.
left, right,
left, right.

_____ Soot covered skeletons
_____ pray skyward, screaming
_____ in silence.

Our living presence
interrupts
_____ this frozen eulogy:

_____ Trees we planted upon our return,
_____ we huddled underground
_____ as they stood up to burn

_____ If a rocket falls in a forest
_____ with no one there to hear it
_____ does it make a sound?

Walking.
Eyes dripping.
left, right,
left, right.

_____ Black ash on running shoes
_____ rubs off
_____ with each walking step