Poem for 9/11
(for 9/11 loved ones) the in(di)visible
where you were once
the niggun
the tefilah
of my life
that instant transformed you
from musical notes and written words
to the spaces in between
where you can only be heard and read
by those who know how to
listen and look
for you
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