Babes of Palestine

Little ones, beloved of Heaven
Close your eyes and sleep
Beneath the stones quickly
And depart,
That your suffering not linger beneath the heavy weight of our sins any longer
Let this burden you bare for us be the final cruel lesson
That by it our compassion awakens and from it arises our heroism
For your names’ sakes
That Love be the only future cause of all our actions

—Kathleen Marie Flanders