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The Spark

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Hannah Szenes parachuted into Hungary as part of a mission to rescue Jews there from the Nazis.. She was caught and killed. She wrote a few poems in her life, I merged two of them here and inserted extra lines to make them rhyme in English . I titled the result "The Spark" She was not a war-monger - as you can see by the following 4 lines she wrote (not part of "The Spark"), but she did what she felt she had to do.

I love the warm sunny skies,
Light, song, shining eyes,
I want no war, no battle cry,
No, no, not I.

A voice called so Hannah went. She went for a higher call It ended badly, but it was meant She had to go, lest honor fall. At the cross of the last road back She nerved herself to go, attack She blocked both ears with cold white frost And cried for the life that she had lost. Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame Blessed is the flame that burns in the fastness of the heart Blessed is the spirit, awakened by a spark Blessed is the ember, glowing in the dark. Blessed is the flame that illuminates the secrets of the heart A beacon that makes reluctant heroes do their part. Blessed is the soul that makes its mission to protect, Bless the heart that can stop its beating for self-respect.

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