Memories

© 2005

I remember my grandfather, he was from Europe.
He used to pray and study.

My grandmother, used to always say something called Tehillim.
They spoke Yiddish, but I never learned it.

My father was born in America.
He never studies or prays.

My mother was born in America.
She doesn't know what Tehillim is.

I was told I was Jewish.
I think it means we like chicken soup.
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But you know, there is something I just can't seem to forget.
I'll never forget the look on my grandfather's face, whenever he would study something called Torah.

It would shine like a thousand suns.
He would always learn in a sing‑song, rocking back and forth.
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I'm sorry my children, never met my grandparents.

My children don't want anyone to know, we're Jewish.
They say that Judaism is something in the past, "We have to be modern."

I wonder how many Jews, fought and died throughout history so that my children, could be here today and say those words.

Only a memory, to be forgotten...