המארא - המארא

My Passion

Yair Sela

While men in masks
Poked through your flesh
I was consumed in teenage bliss
And my love was never as sincere

While broken smiles in million pieces
Were calmly rinsed
I made poetic and obscene
Excuses

Reduced to physical conditions
I did not make a difference
And my passion hollers
“What have I done with me?”

Preparing for calamity
The impact toll is years of me
And now with certainty it’s here
My purpose complete

My work of art

Yair Sela

I anticipate my next move
Say the right word
Describe my mood
Not to sound old
In time in tune

I predict my next act
Have it be for real
Precise in fact
Not too dramatic
To feel it’s me
Yet a mask

I profess my next line
That of a genius
Make it rhyme
Something to cheer us
Have it be original
Straight from my heart
And mind

I write your name
A thousand times
I say and sing it
Moving body parts
My work of art

Codeless

Yair Sela

The prime attraction
For me
Was decadence
And I channeled my fear
Placing it carefully hidden
Neatly tucked away in rage

In the gutter
My sour balance
Sipped despair
And I
Aware
Was there
Cuddling glory
Codeless
I idolized the pain

So I dyed my race
Smearing it over everywhere
Gazing at my self-deform
That look agreed with me
I embraced it tight
And never seemed the time to let go

Requiem for the weak

Yair Sela

From far away
A wide black stain
Narrowing closing on me
For a moment
I can see the sun
And then a shadow

The herd has stopped
Circling spewing
A high pitch murmur
Reflecting
A requiem for the weak

Flaws I’ve hidden
Magnified
Clearly down on me staring
Vultures pre-dive
Denied
When their cornered eyes unfold
Odd behavior

Stripped down to the bone

Yair Sela

Stripped down to the bone
I never thought I’d know a soul like this
When all alone
I could not resist
The thought of us together
Forever in love

Stripped down to the bone
I never thought I’d fall as hard as this
In the sounds you callously emit
That voice is us together
Forever in love

And I’ll play the part to perfection
And I’ll pay the price

The last man on earth (has died)

Yair Sela

The last man on earth has died
And with him
Your dreams and wishes
It’s all a pack of lies
He died

You sit on his tomb and sing
You brought him back to life
But who will dig him out
He died

I touch the dead sand
“It’s warm” I say
Another volcano is on its way
But who will sing your equator
Tonight

And I remain myself
Ready to return
Ready to die
In your arms
For you

The last man on earth has died
And with him
Your dreams and wishes
Are all a pack of lies
And now
It’s you and I

נועה ושי

Yair Sela

נועה ושי
הן שתי אורות בעיני
ואני לא אתן
שיבכו בלעדי
לרגע אחד בחיי

אז אני בודה כאב
כזה תנ"כי שלא מרפה
בו העתיד שזור רפה
בו העבר בבוז בוזבז
בו ההווה חשוך מרפא

אז בואו ונשתול לנו ירח
בשולי הווילונות
שמכסים על הקרשים
שאבא מסמר אל החלון
נטפח חלומות שווא
אם אלי הזיכרונות באים אפל
לכן נותרה אחת את השנייה
ואבא שאיבד את דעתו

Innocence

Yair Sela

Innocence
Go a way I cry
I’m a man
And you’re like Women
In my eyes

Go a way
I cry

Loneliness
The awful power I received
I’m a man
And you’re the demon
In my fears

Go a way
I cry

Anonymity
The heavy burden
I carry with me
I’m a man
And you are
Deaf and blind
A beast

Go a way
I cry

I’m a man
I cry