Cherished Blessings

​We have been waiting so long to hear…
We prayed for the best and expected the opposite.
Tortured for being Jewish…
They lived in fear of those that kept them.
Our darkest fears have been confirmed…
Their smiles will no longer be seen.
Their cries will no longer be heard…
We mourn with their families here and everywhere.
Say their names out loud…
Shiri Bibas, Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas and Oded Lifshitz.
Scream their names from the roof tops…
The pain is deep, the agony is strong, our hope dwindles.
I look up to the Heavens, hoping for a response…
The rain falls down as if God is crying with us and for us.
Zichronam Livracha - May all of their memories be cherished…
Now and forevermore.