We are now enjoying  a brief interlude of routine, everyday life, between holidays, and so we have time to observe the special everyday moments of nature, work and play together. Instead of a news report, this time we bring you a poem by Gidi, a teacher at Ein Bustan.

The Bougainvillea

By Gidi Hyman 

The bougainvillea on the side of the road

shed it's  white and purple leaves

The leaves in the hot *hamsin wind

Twirled in a dizzy dance, and sang: wind wind wind.

The bougainvillea, queen of the everlasting flowers

Flowering even now in Autumn, when all the other flowers have wilted long ago.

Everything is dry now, burning with heat, awaiting the rain.

Only the bougainvillea still cheerfully flowers

Spreading her happy colors every which way,

A Queen.

We, too are Queens and Kings

Princes and Princesses

Spreading our happiness- so that it might spread seeds and  take root in the world

Singing songs in Arabic and in Hebrew

And laughing and crying in a common tongue.

Hiking, dancing, playing and shouting

Fighting and then finally ending in an embrace

In short: living - living well. 

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