Lee Diamond – The Missing Question
It’s been so long
Since you asked!
You seem not to care!
Anymore!
Do you take us for granted ?
Or are we off your agenda?
After the hugs and “catching up”
As family and friends
There’s a deep silence
Never mentioned
Yet an urgent question awaiting to be shared
By us!
We’re both Jews
We’re both brothers and sisters
We’re family and friends
But you are so insular as a Jew
That you don’t even think
Of Israel! Of our lives here!
“Are you blocks
Or stones or worse
Than senseless things?”
Israel is burning brightly
Israel is charmed
Israel is the light in the
Darkness
Of a dormant Jewish world !
Israel is pregnant
With ideas and Jewish revolution
The Israeli Jew is “on Broadway”
And your ‘Off Broadway”
Israel is Avant-garde
Progressive and growing
The Jew is the Star of this show and billboards draw massive audiences
Our internal and external struggles
Are in our hearts, on our lips
In our conversations and debates
In our daily dialogue
We even worry about your future
As Jews.
And we “have your backs” always.
Yet you never ask anymore
We’re off your agenda!
The Jewish diaspora has chosen
To avoid our mention
Solace
Disinterest
‘Turning backs” rather than “having our backs”
Do you know how painful this is?
Insulting?
Distancing from us?
Are you aware how lonely this is?
Everyone of us experience your
Silent treatment when we meet.
Have you forgotten us?
Remember:
We are the forerunners
Of the Jewish people
Of today and tomorrow
If you forget us
It is all of us who
Will lose our cunning
And our strength
Our ability to speak
Our tongues unengaged !
Tell us that you care!
Love needs expression !
“And you shall speak of
Your love ….”
