Between Your World and Mine

A Farewell to Old Friends

Between your world and mine, 
Stands a moat, a mile wide,
And though I may be want to cross, 
I cannot – my way is blocked.

A day with you I’d like to spend, 
Chasing light, until day’s end, 
So many times I’ve tried to swim, 
Across this moat, between us kids. 

But I cannot,
Bridge this gap, 
Between my future, 
And your past, 

History’s sands, 
That fall through time, 
Are coarse and cold, 
But they do rhyme. 

The hour full, 
The hour fades,
The hour flipped, 
And then replayed, 

Sand can’t drift, 
When it’s caged,
So its story, 
Stays the same.

Between your world and mine, 
Stands a pain, an ocean wide,
That sailed my people, from tide to tide, 
As we fled, from worlds unkind. 

And now that I may want to cross,
I cannot –
My way is blocked.

Spread Love, Spread Light,

Am Yisrael Chai