Avot V'Imahot - David Salm

[Larry Robinson]

Avot V'Imahot
Initially I resisted, then ultimately embraced their wisdom, their strength.  Every day their truth pulsates through me, for they gave me breath. 

L’dor V’dor.  

For unimageable numbers, a virus has stricken, and no longer, do they breathe.  

For others, it has been a slug of lead or the crush of a knee.  

No longer do they breathe.

The battles fought & the skills developed by our ancestors compel me to fight against the destruction of our planet and to resist the scuttling of our democracy - - to pursue justice on behalf of those who no longer breathe, and by standing on the shoulders of our most notorious ancestor, we say: Amen.

	- David Salm
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