Ve-Emunatecha Ba-Leilot

They asked her “what’s important?”

As the sun began to set.

“To set the night ablaze with light,

To dance without regret.” 

And would you, if could you, recoup what you spent,

Gathering stars, building castles of sand?

I’d do it all over, and over again,

“Till hope overflows like the sea floods the land.

And when you have just one day left

How would you spend it then?

I’d scatter my love from the mountains above, 

Spend it all, ‘till there’s none to be spent. 

  And as the day turned into night 

They asked her, “are you scared?” 

As the Canyon down below their perch 

Grew dark and disappeared.

They hear her laughter echo ‘cross the endless sea of stone 

As she turned and leaped without a word 

Into the dark unknown. 

    

        

 

 

V'Emunatchas Ba-leilot 

They asked her “what’s important?”

As the sun began to set.

“To set the night ablaze with light,

To dance without regret.” 

 

                                                           And when you have just one day left,

                                                           How will you spend it, then?

                                                           I’ll scatter my love from the mountains above,

                                                           Spend it all, till there’s none to be spent. 

                                                            

                                                           And would you  if  could you recoup all you spent   

Gathering stars, building castles of sand?

I’d do it all over, and over again…

Till  hope overflows, like the sea without end.     

 

And as the day turned into night,

They asked her “are you scared?”

As the canyon 'neath their windy perch,

Grew dark and disappeared.   

 

They heard her laughter echo

‘Cross the endless sea of stone

As she turned and leaped, without a word,

Into the dark unknown. 

                                                                                                  

Cherry Bury Boom

When I die please bury me

Underneath a cherry tree

And I shall blossom with each  spring

And scatter my loveliness, free.

When I die, weep not for me

For at last I'm free

To cross  the sky, with wings stretched wide 

And span the vast blue seas.

And when it's time to say good bye,
Please know I loved you so,

And keep me in your heart, all warm, 

Where my spirit shall live and grow.

 

And in the springtime, every year,
When white gives way to green
You'll sit beneath my lovely tree
As I shower you with pink.

Then close your eyes and run your hands

All through the petal covered deep,

And in that soft, pink fragerant bed

You'll lay your head to sleep.

And in your dreams you'll hear my laughter

And you shall remember, then,

This sad, dear, joyful girl.

I loved you so, please don't forget

Despite the ice and rain,

For after winters cold, and gray

Each spring I'll bloom again.