EIN GEDI
I remember it so clearly
I was standing on those rocks yesterday
Between the pools of water in the desert
Under the waterfall and a wet sun.
Whether I am romanticizing my emotions or
Actually felt them
It was a magical moment.
The anchor of summer.
I have made friends
and lost friends
and run through entire relationships
start to finish
between then and now.
I have gone from
Country to Country
City to City
House to House
Apartment to Apartment
Girl to Girl
(And back to Girl)
Friend to Friend
looking for a Job
And looking for
Myself.
Who I was then wouldn’t
Recognize me
or my world
now.
In fact,
had I stayed
Like the plan said,
Everything would be erased
Some things might have
Never even existed
Relationships and dynamics
Would be far different
And an entire
Foreign history
Would replace it.
That day on the rocks was
A fulcrum,
A line that separates an
Entire series of events
before
And
after.
It’s the end of the fuse
And the beginning of
The bomb.
For everything that has happened since
Is my life
Now.
Everything the way it is.
But had I stayed
Like we agreed upon
That day
Copyright Oren Peleg 2009
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