Psychoanalysis: The Magic and The Lie
Diary of a Five Day A Week Analysis
by  Esther Altshul Helfgott, Ph.D.
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February 2002

In My Dream

Patience covers the earth
like a down blanket
that warms
fingers
in Afghanistan,
Uzbekistan, Georgia,
the West Bank, Gaza,
India, Africa,
Bosnia,
the United States.

In My Dream

Humility is a mansion
whose roof oversees
soldiers shedding guns
and whose rooms
house world leaders
shaking hands.

In My Dream

Gentleness is no coward.
Love is borderless.
Beams of light have not replaced the two towers.
Danny Pearl is alive.

In My Dream

Poetry raises children
who know peace.
       -Esther Altshul Helfgott



copyright2002, 2005Esther Altshul Helfgott


The poem appears on the Poets Against the War site


[Posted July 31, 2005 - I felt he was family.]