When the siren catches me outside, I'll take shelter either in a community shelter, a store, or in another building, whatever's available. I was walking my dog this morning when it happened, and found myself sitting next to a man with two young children, and realized that he was taking on the "Life is Beautiful" approach I've seen many parents adopt in the past few weeks, calmly saying to them "It's meet the neighbors time, and look, we have a special guest and her cute dog, how fun!" I lifted my eyes from my phone to smile at them and tried to remove any hint of worry as we patiently waited for the all-clear. I thought of this video, which was such a delight to see yesterday on my feed amid all the posts about the war. Here is what Dudu Tassa wrote: "A new video for Emmanuel. In a chaotic world that doesn't give quiet and doesn't allow for a routine, I wanted to stop for a moment and see things through the eyes of a little, innocent girl, who looks at everything with curiosity. I hope she still doesn't feel all the wars that are happening around us."
Watching it, I think of the little girls like Emmanuel over here and in Iran, in Lebanon, in Gaza, and in the West Bank, hoping they will grow up in a much more peaceful world.
Emmanuel laughs at
A bird in the garden, at light and shadow
A bird in the garden, at light and shadow
At the man who walks with her in the city
Emmanuel is a little girl
She doesn't remember what was
She doesn't know that the heart is fragile
Eyes open to see
A smile through the tears
And she always falls asleep
With another song
What Emmanuel dreamed of
No one will know
No one asks
And she doesn't have words yet to explain
Emmanuel
And all the windows are open
In the skies of the city of angels
Only you see them blooming slowly
Emmanuel with the sunrise
Quietly, quietly and not crying
Sees how a shadow passes over the face
Slowly reaches out a hand
One woman and one man
Sleeping deeply between the sheets
And all the windows are open
In the skies of the city of butterflies
Only you see them blooming slowly
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