<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Something</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">for the children of the Holocaust and the Nakba</i></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Something inescapable is lost—</div><div class="">lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight,</div><div class="">vanishing in a gust of wind toward an expanse of stars</div><div class="">immeasurable and void.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Something uncapturable is gone—</div><div class="">gone with the spent leaves and illuminations of autumn,</div><div class="">scattered into a haze with the faint rustle of parched grass</div><div class="">and remembrance.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Something unforgettable is past—</div><div class="">blown from a glimmer into nothingness, or less,</div><div class="">and finality has swept into a corner where it lies</div><div class="">in dust and cobwebs and silence.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Michael R. Burch</div></div></body></html>