Poem for Yom Kippur by Leonard Bernstein
From the left and from the right I hear:
“We have sinned, we have dealt treacherously, we
have slandered.”
But I hear another song in my heart:
I believe in the truthfulness of art
In being energetic, in being sensitive, in the essentials
Today I believe in prayerfulness
I believe in the man to come
who will give water to the barren areas
But first and foremost I believe in Love
And until we stop shedding blood
I live in a dream
Waiting for the day of love (and), understanding, the day (today).
