To
my granddaughters who visited the Holocaust
Museum
on the day of the burial of Yitzhak Rabin
Now
you know the worst
we
humans have to know
about
ourselves, and I am sorry,
for
I know that you will be afraid.
To
those of our bodies given
without
pity to be burned, I know
there is no answer
but
loving one another,
even
our enemies, and this is hard.
But
remember:
when
a man of war becomes a man of peace,
he
gives a light, divine
though
it is also human.
When
a man of peace is killed
by
a man of war, he gives a light.
You
do not have to walk in darkness.
If
you will have the courage for love,
you
may walk in light. It will be
the
light of those who have suffered
for
peace. It will be
your
light.
~ Wendell Berry ~
