Shalom Freedman Poems

DON'T TELL ME MIND IS GOING AWAY

Don't tell me mind is going away
I know it is here and I want it to stay
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When the need to write Poetry
Is greater than the Poetry one has-
When one forces onself to write lines
Though those lines are lesser poetry-
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Life is difficult-
Surprises are not always what we hoped they would be-

People misunderstand us-
We imagine we are kind
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The Afternoon Nap
I endure the silence of my own waiting
I try to daydream
I rest and sleep
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I walk as slowly as I can
I look around and see more Beauty
Than I can possibly describe
I sing to myself in joy
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I write my poems
They keep me alive in writing now
I can't write as I once did
I have the poems
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Nothing I do tells me the sadness I am
Like the poems I have not written
The love I have not had
The great life yearning beyond my hands
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There are poems that tear the soul
And leave us gasping for breath
They make us recall
Our losses in life
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THE SONGS ARE TOO MUCH FOR ME

The songs are too much for me
They take me to places in feeling
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THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR


There is so much to be grateful for
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