Shalom Freedman (Troy New York)

I DREAMED I WAS A POEM

I dreamed I was a poem
And the universe read and reread me-
Until waking up I understood
I would never be written again.

I WRITE TO TELL THE TRUTH I HAVE KNOWN

I write to tell the truth I have known -
But there is so much truth
And so much life unrecognized and unremembered-
Most of my life has gone by
Unknown to me-
And even my most intense moments
Cannot be remembered so as to be re- experienced.

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