-in memoriam for the more than 1300 Israelis murdered by Hamas militants this week
and
–in honor of the courage of the remaining Hamas hostages
Captors cover my eyes, disorient
dismember one by one, leave open
my ears to vibrations of panic and despair.
I percuss the beat of the wish for death,
frantic shallow breath, a body empty
of the soul that chose it, an instrument
of recycled elements on their way
to another plane.
Lacking a gentle hand or loving air
my chords emit sound, my lungs bellow
without will, I no longer make music.