Tisha B'av

So so far from home
Home I’ve never known
Yet, I know it so
So well
That when I turn myself
Right side out, outside in
I’m right inside
Where I’ve sighed
Lonely sighs
the Size
Of all that there is
Because you see
All that was, is and will be
Is home
And on this hot and lonely day
With everyone out to play
I can turn
And learn
To find my way home
Where I find her
Every year
Waiting for me

There
On the floor

Crying

I take my place
Inside her space
And unite
Despite
or because of
The fact that, once more
Only one door
Will find it’s way
To her home
Mine alone

But this year feels
More intense, feels
Different
As if somehow
We just know
That this is it
our last special time
United in grief...
In pure blind belief

But even when the joy
Comes undone
And everything becomes one
And the doors open wide
And all the world at last
Turns right side in
And comes home

I’ll still have my special place
Right here
Beside her







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