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The Weeping Wail

Eve Dobbins

The weeping wail
I saw in Israel
When I was young and green
It meant so little to me
Rather I thought it odd
That we needed a weeping wall
As I watched the men wailing around the wall
And as I got older I understood
Sometimes the best we can do
Is lay our grief down
And move on
In commiseration we all feel pain
Whatever side we are on whether we are
Refugees, migrants, or settlers
We all shed
Red blood when we lose someone or something
 Valuable to us.
It is the wailing wall and the definition eluded me, so I refreshed the meaning....
Sharing lamentations, grief, strengthens us much like our voices uniting in prayer or
Chanting each week in church or on the invisible back road of our own temple
 Offering solace and a temporary refuge from overwhelming sorrow.

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