Paris.
Known for tourism
now covered by
nonstop news of terrorism.
Known for art
now filled with agony.
Known for romance
now rife with sorrow.
The Eiffel tower
darkened in mourning
for a world turned upside down… a city shut down.
A concert hall.
A soccer stadium.
A restaurant.
Places of music and sports
and joy and food
now flooded with assault rifles and the sounds and silence
of death.
A Sabbath not of peace
but of pain…
Oseh shalom bimromahv,
may the One who creates peace in the heavens above
create peace in Paris,
create peace beyond.
