Half The People In The World
July 6, 2023Forgetting Someone
July 6, 2023God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children
God has pity on kindergarten children,
He pities school children — less.
But adults he pities not at all.
He abandons them,
And sometimes they have to crawl on all fours
In the scorching sand
To reach the dressing station,
Streaming with blood.
But perhaps
He will have pity on those who love truly
And take care of them
And shade them
Like a tree over the sleeper on the public bench.
Perhaps even we will spend on them
Our last pennies of kindness
Inherited from mother,
So that their own happiness will protect us
Now and on other days.
Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was an Israeli poet who is considered one of the most important literary figures in modern Hebrew literature. His poetry often dealt with themes of love, war, and the search for identity, and his most famous works include "Open Closed Open" and "The Diameter of the Bomb."