The plane with the blue and white tail

The feeling of (finally) flying home to Israel

Sitting on an airplane

with a black, white, green and red tail

whispering Shema Yisrael

in your child’s ear

before she falls asleep

She puts her hand on her eyes

and you smile

at our act of defiance

Sitting on an airplane

with a blue and white tail

you say aloud

Shema Yisrael

she puts her hand on her eyes

and you smile

as does every person around you

And that, my friends

is all you need to know