In The Arms of Angels: A Healing Prayer for those Raped by Hamas
Soldiers who touched
the most sacred part of your body
did nothing to your soul.
The holy breath of angels remained
with you who were tortured and left naked
by Hamas the seventh of October.
Angels bless all who have been raped.
Fourteen year old girls splayed open
before they were killed;
Every woman whose body has been plundered
when rape has been a weapon of war.
Let us build a mikvah
wide enough for all,
for we are one body.
The only hands that will touch you now
will be the hands of angels.
Angels will guard you with their wings.
No soldier No terrorist
will ever claim a woman’s beauty as his own.
Women’s beauty belongs to Shechinah.
Let every child be safe.
Archangel Michael, protect them.
Archangel Raphael, heal them.
Let beauty be honored as a treasure so rare
it will only be touched by someone
who has bathed in the waters of prayer.
Let us be made holy again
by remembering each other’s names.
We were all born from the breath of G-d,
created from the dust of stars.
Whatever we do together until the end of time
began as a holy act of creation.
Let us never again forget
that we were not born for war.
We were born from love and for love.
We were born to be a blessing
to each other
to this earth.
