By Raquel Markus – Finckler / @etrabajora.creativa.
We said never again and it happens to us again.
They hit us where it hurt the most and took our girls.
At the least expected moment they turned gardens into cemeteries
and a festival for peace in a hunting place.
They put the children of our land on a bonfire.
And now, no matter how much I sleep, I almost never get back to sleep.
We said never again and once again they demonize us.
In the defendant's dock there is no longer a jury that will acquit us.
We are guilty without charge. We are the sacrificial goat.
We are the most targeted people. We are the most rigged trial.
We are a resurrected Dreyfuss and a stigma that does not die.
And now, no matter how much I sleep, I almost never get back to sleep.
We said never again and now the countdown is not turning back.
Each of their absences is a dagger that pierces us.
We want them in our homes, there is no excuse that can console us anymore.
The days go by, the anguish grows and the world is not moved.
They live in the cartels, but they are dying in the barracks.
And now, no matter how much I sleep, I almost never get back to sleep.
We said never again and again I lose faith.
There is no soul that does not break and no cheeks that do not water.
We pray and beg for the return of our brothers.
We cried and tore the clothes of the mourners.
This chosen people has too much hatred and not enough people.
And now, no matter how much I sleep, I almost never get back to sleep.
We said never again and as always we lack peace.
A mirage in the desert is the promise made to Abraham
and the dream of the prophets is as far away as a comet.
They only want us for the memory. We only matter if we are dead.
And while we sing of hope, they promise another revenge.
And now, no matter how much I sleep, I almost never get back to sleep.
Herzl taught us the power of a legend,
that a legend is not always a dream,
and that there are dreams that fight.
This poem is part of the Literary and Artistic Project “Words are not enough” led by the journalist, writer and poet: Raquel Markus – Finckler / @escritora.creativa
This is a protest against the collective hatred that has been imposed on the Jewish people both in the East and in the West. All Jews are pointed at and accused, attacked and humiliated. The levels of Judeophobia continue to increase and it seems that no one is aware that Jews are just as human as the rest of the peoples of this world. We have been persecuted, expelled, murdered, imprisoned, humiliated and slandered for centuries, or rather millennia, for reasons and excuses that are repeated and accumulated on the side of unreason. Hatred justifies itself. Whoever is not part of the solution is part of the problem. It is time to say “enough is enough.” It is time to put a stop to the culture of hatred.
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