<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">On a Day Like Today<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> We are feeling the first<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> glint of shock that our<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> ancestors felt the day they<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> were expelled from Spain.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">Now our restive hands<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">are sensing the first drops</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> of </span><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">pelting rain that fell on</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> loved </span><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">ones who boarded an</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">unspeakable train.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">We remember those who wore<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">yellow stars and perhaps those<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">times are not so far away. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">Maybe soon on a day like today<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">we will see crescent moons on<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">the sleeves of those who have<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">no place to pray.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">Glance upwards at the angry<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">sky casting an ominous pall<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">over the frightened heads of<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">brown-skinned children who<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">are pleading: why? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">The latest version of “it can’t<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">happen here” is no longer<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">news from a distant<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">shore; it’s here at our door. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> My hope is that you and I will<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> awaken and be vigilant on<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> behalf of all that we hold to<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> be dear, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">And my prayer is that our tired<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">eyes can see and our broken<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;">hearts can hear. </span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Bruce Silverman</span></div></body></html>