In your fortress study
Defender of the right to return
Un-oppressed
Mind set in a People’s
Right to return
Whole as a nation
Possessed of self
You sift through the wreckage
Of unrestrained assault
On cherished lives
Struggling to live free
From the henchman’s
Visit to their soul
You sift through the lost
Garden of memory
Dusty with time’s
Passage through pain
Reigns of tyrants
Visions of prophets’
Dreams of a nation
Yet to be
Please know I am with you
As your pulse races forward
And heart beats defiance
As your sun browned hand
Reaches to hold
My hand extends
To touch your soul
With light and love
I am with you in joy
In fear in sorrow
In the courage to confront
Your oppressor
Through survival
Breathing love’s protection
Within
I whisper
Hold on
As the dark moments linger
Waiting in pain
In longing for peace
I offer you hope
In the calm
Before the storm
