We toured Israel, we three,
you and my wife and me.
(My wife however could not guess
at my degree of stress.)
Tel Aviv passport control
saw part but not the whole.
The Hula valley soon went past
(bluethroats and cranes at last).
Mount Hermon's summit heard your voice
make Galilee rejoice.
Ma'agan Mikael impressed
the uninvited guest.
The Negev desert, Elat's shore,
En Gedi and much more
we visited and revelled in,
a trio not a twin.
To me you were as bright as day
wherever we would stay
but other people could not tell
that you were there as well.
We went and we came back still three
travelling hopefully.
Such a strange group, three in a bed -
two real, you in my head.