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'Still small Voice'

Last year I had some e-mail contact with an orthodox Jew who surprised me by being the sweet voice of reason where the Arab/Israeli conflict is concerned. I wrote this poem as a tribute to him and others like him who are striving for peace in this no win situation!

Still Small Voice


The Jew and Palestinian in habitual conflict,
Divided by centuries of dispute and war,
Separate cultures fuel hostility and strife.
United only in the belief in one true God.
Yahweh, God of the Judaic Tradition,
Allah, God of the followers of Islam.
The Still Small Voice of peace,
As yet unheard, is crying in the wilderness.
The sound needs amplification
To be heard by the combatants,
In the anticipation that one day
They will clasp hands in brotherhood,
Harkening to that Still Small Voice.


Rose-Mary Gower
2001







Copyright Rose-Mary Gower 2001