{"id":997,"date":"2016-10-21T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/?p=997"},"modified":"2016-10-21T20:33:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T00:33:30","slug":"no-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/?p=997","title":{"rendered":"No Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My friend, Darcy Smith, wrote a poem, \u201cNo Words.\u201d \u00a0I am posting it today, in honor of Maya\u2019s Yahrzeit, \u00a0Thank you Darcy, and Sadie Press for giving me permission to do so.<\/em><\/p>\n

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No Words<\/p>\n

Daring blue skies glare down the oak<\/p>\n

covered path that snakes to her house.<\/p>\n

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I step over leaves the size of hands,<\/p>\n

cross hatched, damp from rain pounding.<\/p>\n

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It’s not autumn yet, but they fell<\/p>\n

their secrets piled there, impossible<\/p>\n

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to ask what it feels like<\/p>\n

to be flung to the ground.<\/p>\n

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I sit Shiva with a mother, an hour<\/p>\n

a lifetime, a daughter gone.<\/p>\n

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Mirrors covered, her girl\u2019s picture propped<\/p>\n

on a cold woodstove, lone candle stutters.<\/p>\n

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Clusters of women sit, crying in her living room<\/p>\n

one whispers, \u201cI don\u2019t know how to help her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Someone stands, sings a quivering acapella<\/p>\n

\u2018There ought to be a lullaby for grown-ups\u2019.<\/p>\n

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On the 15 year old\u2019s shrine, a hard wood puzzle,<\/p>\n

each pastel letter of her name rests in its place.<\/p>\n

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The young oaks silent, her daughter slipped<\/p>\n

into the soft light of that sudden morning.<\/p>\n

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She picked a tree. And leapt.<\/p>\n

Her secrets piled there, impossible<\/p>\n

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to ask what it feels like<\/p>\n

to be flung to the ground.<\/p>\n

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Darcy’s poem,\u00a0No Words, <\/em>credit Sadie Girl Press <\/em>August 2016,\u00a0<\/em>new anthology, Incandescent Mind Issue One.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

No Words was\u00a0<\/em>inspired by the life and legacy of Maya Gold. To learn more about uplifting and empowering teens and adults please consider visiting: \u00a0http:\/\/www.mayagoldfoundation.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

To purchase a copy of \u00a0<\/strong>Incandescent Mind Issue One\u00a0<\/em>go to the book store at Sadie Press<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cYarzeit\u201d, is Yiddish for \u201ca year\u2019s time\u201d.\u00a0 It is the anniversary of a death.\u00a0 The Jewish calendar is both lunar and solar based (different than the Gregorian calendar which is a solar calendar).\u00a0 This explains why the anniversary date in the Jewish year is different each year, and different than October 2.<\/p>\n

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