Once lived a woman in a cabin
positioned between wood and river
Once the woman was girlish in apron
Now she's shriveled.
From cabin's chimney, ash spirals skyward
Over the fireplace bubbles a pot of lentils
Once stood a village, its remnants scattered.
Once there was synagogue, sabbath and kaddish.
Once chickens were raised behind nearby fences
Once kindling was gathered and bound for fire
Once crow's call was heard in fleeting formation,
behind it the roar of black cross fighters.
Once upon another age,
you and I, were lovers
before the center of world
suddenly shifted.
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