(Melody: Bring Him Home from Les Misérables)*
By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO — God on high
Hear our prayers!
Kidnapped ones
Need you to be there.
Some are young
They’re afraid.
Free them soon.
Lift their gloom.
Bring them home
Bring them home
Bring them home.
They’re the friends that we have known.
Family members whom we love.
Middle aged.
Others are old.
Keep them safe.
While war unfolds.
Many were killed.
One by one
Their blood spilled.
We were stunned.
Missiles strike
On both sides.
War is hell.
It divides.
Bring them home
Bring them home
Bring them home.
*Say they or them when listening to the angelic rendition of this song by Shulem:
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Baron is professor emeritus at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via Lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com
“in my need you’ll always be there”: what happened again this time?
Thanks, Laurie, for your eloquent plea. I’ll send you in return a short piece I wrote for the Tufts Daily, which also speaks to this horrible situation.
All good wishes,
Joel