Hoping


Hoping almost to the point of belief!

How can I find the words to tell my thoughts
that lie in me like a stone
but want to flower like a rose.
The words I use are old, full of other meanings
Than the meanings I want.
I want to say something about Jew,
Person
Mixed up in other words like
State
Religion
Politics.
A Jew is one born of a Jewish mother;
A Jew is one born of a Jewish father;
Simple!
But a court of law must choose and the choice was made long long ago
But this refers to the physical being and explains nothing nor does it promise anything.
It is the thinking that makes the person.
It is the emotional reacting that makes the person and the "thinking " stems from what he knows and knowing from what he has lived
learned
seen
heard
felt
The things one likes and dislikes,
Is willing to fight for, to relinquish.


summer 1954

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