Take Me Home

Take me home

Take me back to the labyrinth-like streets

Let me once again rest my eyes

On the colorful characters

And devout souls

Living higher than life itself

I am waiting patiently

Til I can board a bus to anywhere

Where every ride feels like

The first one I took

Where the speeding cars

And clear skies

Told me that I am home

I'm sitting in darkness

While I wait for the light

I'm living in night

But you're my new day

So here I sit waiting

Wanting

Wishing

But deep down

I know the truth

I need to return

I need to come home.

Wanderlust

Give me words
Wishes
Wonderments
I have wanderlust
To get back to you
6000 miles
Might as well be to the moon
And back
For how far away we are
Cars can't cross oceans
And planes can't keep pace with my beating heart
As I beat with love for you
No expression
Of song
No imagery captured
Could hold as tight
To my need for you
I dream
I pray
I hope
To return home
When the wars have ended
When the hate has been erased
We will rebuild the broken walls
Lay foundations for a stronger future
And be everything we were meant to be

Home

I wrote this last year while on a bus to Tel Aviv... as the gorgeous scenery and land passed me, I was just simply overwhelmed... I can't wait to go back home...

Palm trees

Waving at me

In the early

Spring breeze

My heart

Be still

This pounding

Bounding

Burning desire

Inner fire

To go higher

My dream

May seem

Unreal

But I'm home

In the land

Of Israel

And so my heart

Cannot unstart

This expression of affection

And beats louder

Prouder

For home

Milk and honey sweet

Home

Home (?)

What is home?
The place where I grew
Where I knew
I’d always be safe
And sound?

The building
Four walls and roof
Undaunted by wind and rain
An edifice
To hold all my pain?

What is home?
The structure that holds
Every physical memory
And every item
That ever belonged to me?

What is home?
The place where I buried my heart
For safekeeping and protection
Somewhere to return to
When I lose my direction?

Will I ever come back here?
Or must I say goodbye
I wonder what would happen
If I came back again
And called this home once more...

Soaring

I saw it there
As we were driving by
The wings of an eagle
Taking flight into the sky

Carrying on its back
The souls that long and desire
To reach great heights
And soar ever higher

It flew into the clouds
Disappearing in a second too soon
In time it will ascend
And at night, neighbor with the moon

Only to reach its destination
And light up in the sun
Because the souls yearning for home
Have finally become one.