All Those Who Love You
Avot Yeshurun
1974
I left his house
Of my own volition.
In order to build him a house
Of my own volition.
But it seems my father
Remained solitary
And neglected
Not of his own volition.
I was moving towards my father.
I was running from my father.
The whole two zlotys he sent me.
Me just a dollar to him.
All those who loved you. It was your obligation
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