Smoke rises always to the East
memories of the eternal flame now hidden under secrets
of stone song silence while sun sets on a century
awaiting the dawn
savor the rain in Summer heat
even when the skeleton sky is barren
at night silver moon reflects His light
and Angels take flight
among stars that shimmer and glimmer above
the waters that reflect only truth, beauty and wink with understanding
of what is hidden within
Where do we begin?
break the klipah that surrounds, obscures, conceals
make for yourself a vessel that captures, reveals
hear the voice commanding your heard from the depths of your mind
we grasp the Divine
scream silently, ache longingly, laugh joyously, live prayerfully
And if you find yourself lost in your own dusty footprints
echoing down winding hallways that lead nowhere
except into a vat surrounding resounding somewhere
remind yourself that wherever you go, there you are
and there is Hashem in a dew-drop memory dream
of what is, was, and will always be
be you, be free is the key
to unlock your broken birdcage heart
in the morning with
"Modeh Ani lefonecha Melech chai vikayam
shehechazarta bi neshemati bechamlah rabah emunatecha"
When smoke rises always to the East
visions of eternal flame now revealed
over flames of Tehillim, HaKodosh Baruchu I call out to You
when October sun sets Yetzer Hara and Yetzer Tov
battle ravenously for my sanity
Sun sets over the West Bank
I've only got You to thank
for this Land given to Am Yisrael
we Sons and Daughters of Avraham and Sarah Avinue
Hashem Elokienu
all I ask now is that you
bless me with a place to call Home
It's quiet now, sky of rose blue twilight
and angels take flight
among the stars that shimmer and glimmer
reflecting truth reflecting beauty reflecting light reflecting water reflecting Torah
Smoke rises always to the East
where The Holy Temple will soon stand, (please G-d)
but as for tonight, today its light is in our heart, mind and soul
While I sit reflecting the fading light, I become like the night
the call to prayer stops
the echoes stop
and I am left with
the silence of the wind with winter ridding on its feathers
and my loneliness is Alone-One-Ness
that echoes off the rocks and into the sky
reflected in amber-blue dusk reflected
on these cragged gray rocks
I wait
until the sky she drains herself of color
and I tiptoe back home...
...Where I long to see the eternal flame burning
where two souls mirror one soul
Where my rambling feet can finally rest
in our home that is Shalom manifest
where smoke rises always to the East...
memories of the eternal flame now hidden under secrets
of stone song silence while sun sets on a century
awaiting the dawn
savor the rain in Summer heat
even when the skeleton sky is barren
at night silver moon reflects His light
and Angels take flight
among stars that shimmer and glimmer above
the waters that reflect only truth, beauty and wink with understanding
of what is hidden within
Where do we begin?
break the klipah that surrounds, obscures, conceals
make for yourself a vessel that captures, reveals
hear the voice commanding your heard from the depths of your mind
we grasp the Divine
scream silently, ache longingly, laugh joyously, live prayerfully
And if you find yourself lost in your own dusty footprints
echoing down winding hallways that lead nowhere
except into a vat surrounding resounding somewhere
remind yourself that wherever you go, there you are
and there is Hashem in a dew-drop memory dream
of what is, was, and will always be
be you, be free is the key
to unlock your broken birdcage heart
in the morning with
"Modeh Ani lefonecha Melech chai vikayam
shehechazarta bi neshemati bechamlah rabah emunatecha"
When smoke rises always to the East
visions of eternal flame now revealed
over flames of Tehillim, HaKodosh Baruchu I call out to You
when October sun sets Yetzer Hara and Yetzer Tov
battle ravenously for my sanity
Sun sets over the West Bank
I've only got You to thank
for this Land given to Am Yisrael
we Sons and Daughters of Avraham and Sarah Avinue
Hashem Elokienu
all I ask now is that you
bless me with a place to call Home
It's quiet now, sky of rose blue twilight
and angels take flight
among the stars that shimmer and glimmer
reflecting truth reflecting beauty reflecting light reflecting water reflecting Torah
Smoke rises always to the East
where The Holy Temple will soon stand, (please G-d)
but as for tonight, today its light is in our heart, mind and soul
While I sit reflecting the fading light, I become like the night
the call to prayer stops
the echoes stop
and I am left with
the silence of the wind with winter ridding on its feathers
and my loneliness is Alone-One-Ness
that echoes off the rocks and into the sky
reflected in amber-blue dusk reflected
on these cragged gray rocks
I wait
until the sky she drains herself of color
and I tiptoe back home...
...Where I long to see the eternal flame burning
where two souls mirror one soul
Where my rambling feet can finally rest
in our home that is Shalom manifest
where smoke rises always to the East...