With stories we build a nation
out of separate villages, we clench the years
together to a proof of divine power:
the crossing of the border river
the access town with trumpet blasts
destroyed forever, the country cleaned
from high to low, in one sweep
like a dinner plate
With stories I justify
myself and the past afterwards
plans for the future included
Daily, words bind us
together to a nation state
If we were silent, that would be the end
also if we would dare
to tell the truth
of the people who lived here before us
Poem 2349 Amsterdam, 2019-07-07 Entry into Palestine under Joshua ("Salvation") Numbers 6,21,24,31, Deuteronomy 34, Joshua 10-11, 2 Kings 21:13 Israel since 1947 Collection:From Sacred Scriptures [1] Keyword:Stories: connection Keyword:Bible^