A wall in Kazimierz

Broken, mutilated, spread around in disarray,
dug up from layers of dust and sand:

memory fragments of the departed,
fit together as a jigsaw puzzle.

Memorial wall to the dead,
for the eyes of the living.

Photo of the week: 16th cent. Jewish R’emuh Cemetery wall, Kazimierz, Krakow, Poland 2007

One response to “A wall in Kazimierz”

  1. So moving.

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