for our strength | גבורה by molly bajgot | original music published on 2019-08-29T01:37:37Z Gevurah ~ Strength “Your loving kindness sustains the living, your great mercies give life to the dead*.” You wake us up From our sleep To fight for all humanity ‘Till everyone is free Guided by our biggest light Love is part of how we fight Mechai meitim* And I pray, pray, pray, For our strength, strength, strength And I pray, pray, pray, For our strength -- Molly Bajgot [Other verse options: Possibility Our Community Solidarity] *to give life to the dead here is being specifically interpreted to mean: to give life “to carry on the memory” to the dead “people who died due to unjust systems": 583 people shot and killed by police in 2019 7,216 people have died crossing the US-Mexico border between 1998 and 2017 Israeli security forces killed 290 Palestinians, including 55 minors, in 2018 28 trans women killed in 2018 And many more deaths rooted in racism, sexism, class-based oppression, addiction, mental health, gender-based oppression, homophobia -- and more otherwise consequences of an oppressive society we remember them & fight for them with love Comment by ronitvertelney love this! 2020-12-18T03:35:17Z Comment by Binya Kóatz hazaka ubrucha 2019-10-25T00:33:57Z