Connected

It sounds so far away

The daily news

Of daily horror

I thank G-d

My life continues

It's regular routine

Yet something in me

Cries in pain

There is a deep connection

To something

Somewhere

Which is weeping and hurt

A dreadful feeling

Fills my insides

It is a reminder of something

But what?

There is a connection

So profound

That ties me together

To others, our brothers

Around the globe

That connection is mine

As it is theirs

We cry for salvation

Together

I do not know their names

But my soul knows theirs

That is our connection

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written 2005