two minutes
© Rabbi Menachem Creditor
two minutes
standing silent
bodies swaying
next to frozen cars
as a national shofar blares
stopping time
transforming
highway into shul
childhood into something else
adults into children
strangers into barrack-mates
citizens into a People
people into survivors
survivors into symbols
swaying insecure
determined to remember
fight and protect
preparing to mourn
struggling for air
never again
will highway be highway
child be child
memory be memory
strangers be strangers
never again
for two minutes
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