Everything unfinished,
finished in its own way -
your tears today carry the salt
from when you stood at this very place
the day after the siege was over:
you were in shock; you had just lost everything;
you stood barefoot on the hot ash
and started to wail.
- 16 Sivan 5785, night.
Helena Avraham is a poet, writer, and designer. Her work is warm and intimate, drawing on Jewish identity and tradition, and seeks things unfinished yet deeply known.