Where am I from? — Itzhak Peretz, 15 Jewish Israeli

Where am I from?

I am from this land,

the place where my ancestors were born to 

but still I’m just a small part of the great mosaic. 

The mosaic that gathers us all together:

from the lands of Ethiopia to Morocco, from Persia to China, from Russia to Argentina

we are all a small part of something big

the great mosaic 

We are, we are the oldest nation on earth 

the nation that survived the greatest tragedies

and fought the greatest armies 

I’m proud to be part of this generation in this land,

The generation that understands the meaning of the mosaic.

King David, Hannah Szenes, and I

we are all part of this mosaic

our enemies wouldn’t understand; for them one person doesn’t matter 

they would say “you can erase one dot and it wouldn’t matter”

but for me, for my people

every dot and dot matters 

from King David, Hannah Szenes and even you.

I’m proud to be part of the nation of Zion

the land full of nature and beauty, the land of the people of Israel, my own painful land

I’m glad to be a tiny dot in this great mosaic.


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