Sunday, June 14, 2009

Jerusalem - a poem


Stones the colour of amber

Steps and walls and trees

Narrow, secretive streets

That climb and twist

Descend and return.


Getting lost in the market

Amidst bright fruit stalls

And little shops with spices

Wood and metal and silk

Silence and sudden voices.


David's Tower and Jaffa Gate

Sunlight and shadow

Cafés and bottles of water

The heat and the smells

A thousand rays of light.


It's all a part of you

You are no stranger here

From the Sinai to Jerusalem

You travelled forty years

And now you will remain.

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