Shalom Freedman Poems

WHEN I PRAY

When I pray
I know there is God
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I AM HAPPY TO WALK HOME SLOWLY

I am happy to walk home alone slowly
To let the rhythm of the night
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THE MUSIC OF THIS LOST NIGHT

The music of this lost night
And the dream of the nights
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I FEEL SO LONELY/SO LEFT OUT OF IT

I feel so lonely
So left out of it
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I LIVED BEFORE THERE WERE POEMS

I lived before there were poems
And maybe I'll live afterwards
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I CANNOT WRITE

I cannot write
But I am not alright ‘not writing'-
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THERE IS THE TIME FOR A POEM

There is the time for a poem
And a time when Silence is everything
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THE POEMS OF OLD AGE

The poems of old age
Tire of themselves
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LIFE IS STILL LIFE

I am old
But I still want to live
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HOW MANY UNREAD POEMS

How many unread poems
Are there in life's book
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