Shalom Freedman Poems

ONLY GOD CAN HELP ME

Only God can help me-
Only God can save me-
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HOPE COMES AGAIN IN THE EARLY EVENING

Hope comes again in the early evening -
It has no single reason -
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THIS SILENCE IS TOO MUCH FOR ME

This silence is too much for me,
I must write if I’m to be-
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I DON’T BELIEVE THE END IS NOTHING

I don’t believe the end is Nothing-
And the end of everything is Nothing-
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I WAITED FOR SADNESS TO GO AWAY

I waited for Sadness to go away
It did not know how to
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ALL THIS I AM THIS CREATION IN ME

All this I am this creation in me
Says I can go on writing forever
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WE WAIT ON THE EDGE OF WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS

We wait on the edge of what we do not know what is-
And when that waiting ends,
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THERE IS A DAY WHEN NO POEM CAN COME

There is a day when no poem can come
And there is another day
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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

When we were young
It was another world-
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WE FEAR THOSE WE LOVE WILL SUFFER

We fear those we love
Will suffer-
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