Fields of Moshav Tzofit photo by Steve Ornstein/Israelseen
Lee Diamond – After Growth – in the spirit of Rachel
See the unplowed fields
Unfertilized,
Unsown with seeds
Yet they grow with pregnant wheat
The barren land gives forth
The ancient crop
Coming from forefathers and mothers
The roots are deep and ancient
Underground streams provide them
They never ceased drinking and blooming
And when the new generations
Returned after separation of 2000 years
And reunited with the awaiting Soil,
The land burst forth in an embrace of a mother
Reunited with her captive child
Returned to her ever longing heart.
Thus declared ‘Rachel” the pioneer poetess,
Her mystical awe as she met the ancient
Grain blooming anew to welcome
And provide for the starving child.
The land is from eternity
The child eternally hers
The reunion overwhelming
The connection restored
In an unending embrace
No longer tears of longing
But songs of a new harvest
‘Our mouths were full of laughter
And our tongues with songs of mirth” (Psalm 126)
And so the Jewish people
And the land of Israel
Discovered each other’s potential
And Love
And embraced as the
“Re Started UP Nation of Israel”
