Have Faith the Day Will Come
Rafael Klatchkin
1948
This day is our war, my sister,
So I am far away from here.
Please keep our rendez-vous
In our tiny kitchen
Before my usual chair
Fill a glass of wine
And treat it as if I am
Sitting across from you as always.
Have faith the day will come
I promise you it will be fine
I’ll return to embrace you
And relate it all to you.
Yesterday we went out…
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