Copyright 2009
Written July 2003
Our hearts expand
in the room.
The crying room,
where we make room
for something new
to birth in ourselves.
We share our pain.
We share our fears.
We share our hopes.
We share our anger.
We share ourselves.
We tell our stories
and are compassionately
listened to.
There are moments of hopelessness
There are moment of helplessness
Moments of elation.
Moments of jubilation,
as we,
a group of young women,
Muslims, Jews.
Christians and Druze,
Israelis and Palestinians
dare to create peace.
We have the courage
to feel our own pain.
We have the courage
to feel the pain of the other,
and when the crying is done,
we have lots of fun.
We dance together.
We draw together.
We paint together.
To laugh together.
We hike together.
We shop together.
We eat together.
We sleep together.
We learn
that we can live together
as equals
even if we don?t always agree
with each other.
Our belief systems
Are challenged
As we expand our horizon,
Recognizing,
that the sun
shines
equally on us all.
May we create
peace in this land,
as we move forward ?
hand in hand.
Our hearts connected.
Our truth not rejected,
as we walk ahead,
showing the way,
knowing violence
does not pay.
Love is the only power.
Love is the only way,
and this is the way