Shemesh Be-Tzintzenet by Noam Horev

Life sent me the sun.

Countless suns.

Some warmed me, some burned me.

Some dazzled me.

Some flooded me with a great light.

I put each of these suns into a jar and kept them close to me,

To find comfort in them on days of war.

—I preserved my most beautiful moments,

So I could inhale them like a memory junkie.

My fleeting loves, and the one that stayed.

The echo of my parents’ laughter

When they still laughed loudly, shaking the walls of the house.

The tears that gathered from the pits of my life,

So I remember where I climbed from.

I preserved the gaze of the child who hasn’t been born to me yet.

And now,

I invite you to reach out,

Take a jar, open it, and be thrown into one moment of my life.

And from there, be taken into one moment of your life.

Noam Horev, 39, winner of ACUM Awards. One of the leading and successful creators in contemporary music, author of hundreds of songs for top artists. Many of his songs have become part of the Israeli soundtrack (“Small Gifts”).

His children’s books “Tzionah Has One Wing” and “Il’s Fingerprint” became bestsellers and were adapted into theater.

His artist page on Facebook is among the most popular in Israel.

The words he has written over the years accompany countless people in significant moments of their lives.

“A Draft of Happiness” is a selected collection of excerpts he published alongside new pieces.