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The Midnight Ocean
  
Reflections, Poetry, and Prose from the depths of the Midnight Ocean.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. Psalm 130
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant. After those days, saith the LORD,
I will put my law in their inwards parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:31-33
Wherefore the law is holy, and the Commandment Holy, and just, and good. Rom7:12
Sifatai tiftach- u'fi yagid- tehilatecha!
- If I open my lips- let my mouth- declare Your praise!
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She's Got Jerusalem in Her Bones Sep 7, 2008 3:14 pm
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"Behold, The Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the Daughter of Zion, "Behold, your salvation comes; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him." And they shall be called The holy people, The redeemed of The Lord; and you shall be called sought out, a city not forsaken" (Isaiah 62:11-12 RSV)



Jerusalem In Her Bones

Faintest wind come again calling;
She once walked
-immersed- in darkness of midnight-
Daughter of Zion, She sparkled-
like illuminaries of old
shattering blackness
with Her sage luminescence,
piercing night with scattered light-
sendin waves of that Holy smoke,
-swirling across earths arid sea-
ascending breezes of subtle incense offer-
thru the halls of a time now long forgotten.

With ancient Wisdom on the tip of Her tongue...
Where's She gone?
What has She done?
She'd wore a cloud
swung about Her like a shroud-
an essence now long obscured by smog.
Now- no one knows, just how to see,
We got more questions than answers
& more answers than truths.

We sing...

"That intrepid hunger, she knows too well,
life 'wrecked' by a feeling-
that Spirit just shines too bright
-so she's out there all alone at night-
-Can't sleep-
Walking them streets- of babylon and egypt...
Cuz, deep down She still knows her home;
She's got Jerusalem in Her bones."

She see's the homeless on them streets
& She says, "he has ears, but will he hear?"
She watch the rich man walk on past
& "he's got eyes, but cannot see."
When ya asleep what's to fear...?
-This IS the nightmare--
She perceives both their lives have gone awry-
& it makes Her heart want to cry...out-
"their once dead already- and cannot die!"
She just can't lie...
and She won't shake that feelin...
cuz... She's got Jerusalem in Her bones.

She walks on by past dragons and thieves-
-thru crowds of ghouls- She pass,
swimmin thru- a gutter,
babylon!
It tries to drown that feeling inside
it preens...
"You're cold and lonely- and you need you some gold...
& besides, that way of thinkin is just too old."
She always tries Her best to shake off its cold.
& just when She feels She can't go on
She feels that same ancient feelin -
& the familiar sweet wind it arrives upon ...
it always pushes Her on.
Why?
Cuz...She's got Jerusalem in Her bones.

She's tired & She wants to go home
so She tries to catch the bus at dawn
but this time- She's got no more time...
She's just too late this time-
She's stuck now-
so She looks to the clouds above,
-catching a glimpse thru the smog-
She thinks how someday She'll see Him
& them tears, they start to roll...& stream.
-She's standin in the gap and bridgin the seam-
She whispers, "it's time to go home,
I mean... it's been 2000 yrs since the time of Rome,
and I know I'm not... but I feel so alone-
I need me some Peace,
So, Come Lord, Come..."
She's got Jerusalem in Her bones-
I said, We got Jerusalem in Our bones.

Shalom & that Peaceful City to you all,
sabrefire

Copyright Michael A.S. 9/7/2008
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