The Wedding

Joyfully they returned
To the cavernous remains
Of a perished community.
In an ancient synagogue,
They stood hand in hand.
They were wed and were blessed.
Through broken windows
Birds twittered their applause.
In the Judeiria they danced
With friends and with loved ones.
Creating new memories,
Remembering the old.
And through it all,
Three hippocampuses wept
With sadness and with joy –
The enemy fell,
The bloodline resumes its flow.