Just Paths

(In Honor of Aventura Chabad's Building Plan Approval)

Just Paths

The truth is that

There's no quick fix

Just simply paths

Of the Tzadik.

No lasting signs,

Bright finish lines,

Cures from coffee,

Much less from wine.

There's no plateau,

Or staying still,

You either grow

Or you will wilt.

Just step by step,

That's all there is.

A few more up

Until you slip.

Then comes the trick,

To just restart,

Get up and go

Until you find

That brick by brick,

Through sweat and tears

A few mistakes 

And many fears

You've built a home.

Nepal

Completely nothing
He couldn't move
His mind a daze
His world confused

Not knowing
If he was coming
Or he was going.

Out of fuel
For quite some time
His body failing
As were his rhymes

He'd sing
His final song
And then he'd go.

Then he remembered
An ancient shepherd
Who worked for love
For seven years, then seven more

They went by slow
But even so
They were like days.

He too felt dead
For quite some time
And yet he knew, he surely knew
That like the dew

He'd be revived.



PS: : "Love is as strong as death" (Song of Songs 8:16)

It Comes as No Surprise

It Comes as No Surprise

That outside the 

Land of giants

Everything again

Feels so small.

If after 9 months

It took me

Almost a decade 

To settle,

Is it really a shock 

That I'd return

With my head again 

In those clouds?

No longer breathing

Its air, bathing 

In Its water,

No longer standing

On Its earth, warm

From Its fire.

It's all

To be expected,

Yet painful

All the same.

PS: Israel has four main holy cities:Jerusalem (fire), Hebron (earth), Tiberias (water) and Tsfat (air)

In the Holy Land

In the Holy Land

The angels I've seen
Have no chubby cheeks,
Fluffy feathers or wings.

They have just direction
To give and care deeply,
Few words, hardly any expression.

Procurando Meu Canto

Procurando Meu Canto

Achei minha voz
Conheci os amigos
Relembrei meus avós.

Procurando meu canto
Senti minha dor
Lavei minha alma
Expirei meu calor.

Procurando meu canto
Construi minhas casas
Reatei as raizes
Soltei minhas asas.

Procurando meu canto
Cantei pra Você
Encontrei, finalmente,
Minha razão de viver.