Everything changes

and suffers from it, I too --


am living that way.

i want all your peaks
and all your valleys

in my deepest
exhale
i found the
weight i carried
float away
from me
and now
i can finally
breathe

pelicans remind the forest
of life beyond the wood

somehow the week is gone
as the church bells ring
and the water moves on

as the birds all sing
to another dawn

what this culture taught me here
is beauty in simplicity
in being ourselves in wearing jeans and graphic tees
barefoot partying
in loving life despite the chaos and pain surrounding us
in strength in unity and in the pulsing heat
and the clammer and fast paced hebrew life
and in the immense  amount of beauty in this
land  
that I can now proudly call my home.

rebuilding my life apart from the toxicity
every time i listen to myself
cook myself a meal
spend a day in peace and harmony
knowing i don't have to deal with treachery anymore
healing is in the small things