O Israel where are you?
My friends proclaim their support for you
The preacher sings of your glory
And scripture calls your people chosen
But I cannot see you 

O Israel where are you?
I see Israel on the map
But I do not see
Abraham
Solomon
Jacob
David
Or even Jesus
And if I who am in the world
Cannot see you
How can you expect God to? 

O Israel where are you?
Lost to legend and become myth
That which was Israel is gone
And a new Israel has emerged 
But I fear that the two only share
A name and geography
Or is there something more?
Perhaps Yaweh has abandoned Israel
For a truer love
A more desperate people
Or perhaps He is biding his time
Waiting to reveal Himself and His purpose
Perhaps
Perhaps 
Perhaps 
It is a mystery
And will remain so long after 
The world has passed away 

Until the day of that great revelation
I cry out into the emptiness of the night
O Israel where are you?

©2021 Kevin Fraleigh