We are all brothers!

I look at them and I see three people,

It says, 'we are all brothers'!

I wondered what's unique,

Then someone said look closely,

It's Jewish people standing,

I said yes but still they are just people,

And then they asked me to look closer,

Orthodox,  Conservative and Reform,

Alas! religion! it divides them all!

~ Dawn

Chaos!

There are people, 

there are houses, 

buildings and chaos!

There are temples,

Mosques, Churches,

and then there is more chaos!

Wish people spoke to each other,

And not hide behind the walls

in these buildings and houses,

Not fight for the buildings.

Which they call house of God,

Yet all the drama is about that,

Peace! Let live and Let other live!!!

~ Dawn

 

Journey!

I have a path that will lead me to my goal,

But when I look at it, its tough and hard,

The path is made out of stone and is slippery,

How do I go about this? Nothing motivates!

Well, when I see at the end I see a path ahead,

Why not we take the effort to walk at least,

Let's not worry about the goal instead,

Take that first step and will see where it takes,

Let's walk and enjoy the path slowly,

We will reach the goal and many more..!

~ Dawn

[my poem for April 7th]

The floating tree...!

Everyone wants a piece of land,

To live, flourish and to call their own,

To own it they will even kill someone,

Those who have, they create borders,

Those who don't, they steel the land,

This floating tree of orange in Jaffa,

Shows you don't need a land to own,

When the world is a big one land,

You carry your roots wherever you go,

To live and grow all you need is a pot,

The symbol of self-reliance, city of Jaffa!

~ Dawn

Happiness!

 

Remembering my time in Israel,

And the pass over starts today,

Wishing Chag Pesach Sameach,

As they prepared for this day way before,

By cleaning their house and a little prayer,

I also remember those who are fasting for Ramadan,

Together one can celebrate with food,

Kosher food and halal food,

If every human have the heart,

To love and live in peace,

My wishes when you have so much in common,

Why not just share resources and live in peace?

Happy Ramadan and Chag Pesach Sameach !! 

~Dawn

Harvesting!

There is a story about harvesting,

It's the saying as you sow,

So will you reap, not always,

But some lucky would get to eat!!

At Leket, it was kohlrabi crop this year,

Looking like a turnip it was ready to harvest,

Uprooting it and distancing with the soil,

We harvested 440 kilos of kohlrabi !!

The happiness of hard-work in harvesting,

And knowing hungry needy will be fed,

150 families would not be hungry this day,

It's an immense satisfaction I feel when I think!!

Imagine the grain and vegetables we get,

So many hands must be touching them,

Giving their love and wishes to all,

And landing on our plate!!

A story of kohlrabi that I harvested!!!

~ Dawn

 

Love!

 While roaming around the streets of Tel Aviv,

Noticed some arts and crafts exhibition,

The street was dazzling with creativity,

And I saw this bench with full of hearts,

Someone said, there's a man who connects the hearts,

Who would follow that?, when there is tinder and dating sites?

Well, in Tel Aviv there is a man who connects

people's heart and there are enough hearts to connect too!

Spreading love in the middle of all the chaos,

is what life is about - Love!!

~ Dawn

Story from Tel-Aviv

 

I came to Tel Aviv as a volunteer,

With thirteen of us from different countries,

Looking at this metro city booming with tech industries,

We arrived at the Tel Aviv beach for cleaning,

There were lot of plastic on the beach,

We were told it is harmful for the environment,

The plastic disintegrates in the sand which goes into fish,

When we eat the fish the plastic gets into us,

Proving the saying - what goes around comes around!

A small deed for the sake of environment brought happiness to me!

~ Dawn

Israel Volunteer Trip

 There are times when we dream,

Big or small but we aspire to,

Israel volunteer trip was one of them,

People wondered what Israel?

Are you crazy? 

The moment I decided my travel,

Every minute was full of anxiousness,

Counting weeks and days was worried too, 

What if protest will stop us from flying?

Am I crazy?

When I landed it was an excitement,

It was still sinking in disbelief,

I'm finally in Tel Aviv, should I pinch,

Meeting common people and eating with them,

Are they crazy?

Every finger on our hand is different,

People definitely are different but then

Those who are similar around the world are fighting too,

Why we dislike a country when you're far from reality?

They are loving people just like you and me 🫶

~Dawn 

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