Near The Wall Of A House

Portrait of Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai 1924–2000

Near the wall of a house painted to look like stone, I saw visions of God.

A sleepless night that gives others a headache gave me flowers opening beautifully inside my brain.

And he who was lost like a dog will be found like a human being and brought back home again.

Love is not the last room: there are others after it, the whole length of the corridor that has no end.

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