Why Do I Remain in Exile

Music: Preludes dans le tons majeurs et mineurs: Le temps qui n'est plus. By Charles Henri Valentin Alkan. Sequenced by Segundo G. Yogore at Kunst der Fuge.

Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.poemsforfree.com

Hear me read the poem: As a .wav file As an MP3 file Alpha List Jewish Poems Pantoums Passover Poems Religious Poems Contents Home Copyright by Nicholas Gordon

Why do I remain in exile? I say, "Next year in Jerusalem!" Seders come and Seders go. I feel the pull but not the pain. I say, "Next year in Jerusalem!" I do not mean it, not for real. I feel the pull but not the pain. My anguish must be self-imposed. I do not mean it, not for real. I mean it in my Jewish bones. My anguish must be self-imposed. I lie becalmed, and wait, and wonder. I mean it in my Jewish bones. Seders come and Seders go. I lie becalmed, and wait, and wonder: Why do I remain in exile?