Beloved Galil

Beloved Galil, I have thought of you Quite often this year The time that we spent getting to know each other I treasure The distance between us pains me How did I not foresee this? I left ,certain that A greater good awaited me Galil, you are where my spirit Flies while I'm yet alive What I was told years ago rings true My soul is deeply drawn to you You whisper secrets it somehow needs to know I want to hear them over and over I want to hear more I didn't take enough photos, they are But few and scattered Yet once in a while one finds me and I taste a sweetness One, a journey to find myself at sea I found more in the journey Oh pictures cannot Envelope you, you can't breathe them in Once, here in Lachish a sparrow sitting At the sky's coastline Sang a song of the city of Tsfat, City of Air, my air A city that echoes within me A sudden tear squeezed free I believe it was pure Oh, what we hold in our hearts deep. Galil, you are where my spirit Flies while I'm yet alive What I was told years ago rings true My soul is deeply drawn to you You whisper secrets it somehow needs to know I want to hear them over and over I want to hear more Our bond was awakened years ago and Since then much has changed Things I felt for then I don't really give Thought to anymore But bonds of the soul are eternal And this one has remained Oh, breathing you in Was as wonderful as I'd dreamed Life has brought me so far from you, Made visiting a rare thing It feels so strange for home to be a place One only visits The forever of Tsfat, Chula's grand joy, The sunset, Peqiin Beit Hakerem Valley Each holds a place for me, empty Won't you hum this tune there for me The truth hurts but we still need it The truth is always a bit sweet