ECHOES

Kristallnacht

Can you still hear the shatter of glass? 

Can you smell the smoldering blaze? 

Can you still hear the cries in the night? 

The echoing shouts of yesterday?

When so many years go by in a flash 

Yet broken shards remain 

When the world looks whole but this I know – 

It’s been built upon the flames 

Can you feel it? Can you forget? 

Don’t you know what happened today? 

I know. I remember. I’ll never forget. 

And yet I continue to pray 

That as we move on in our shining tomorrow 

Beyond the shadows of the past 

The buds of hope that surround us today 

Will blossom, and flourish, and last