RIFKAH GOLDBERG

STATELESS Stateless but not an official Victim of the Holocaust Only lost everything you had Parents, home, education, language Except, father, for yourself Whom you constantly sought In the country that took you in In the family you married into Searching throughout the world For what to give Why to live How to love Adopted state Voluntary joining Apparent roots left behind Family, formative years, culture Looking for myself Never feeling I have arrived In this stark conflicting land In the muddle of my personal life I carry on the endless searching For what to give Why to live How to love 1998