Shalom Freedman Poems

I FORGOT THE POEM I WROTE TODAY

I forgot the poem I wrote today
I forgot the poem I wrote yesterday
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MY MIND IS CLEAR

My mind is clear
As morning light-
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IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE WITHOUT POETRY

It is possible to live without poetry
It is possible to live without writing poems
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WHAT POEM WILL THE NIGHT LEAD ME TO?

What poem will the night lead me to?
The silence says ‘none’.
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WHY AM I SO HAPPY SOMETIMES?

Why am I so happy sometimes?
I just don’t understand-
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I want the Past
I want it so much
It is gone forever
I want to be back there again
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TO COME TO LIGHT AGAIN

To come to light again
After such despair
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And has only one death-
We need not fear having another-
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Who died yesterday at the age of seventeen
Of complications from Progeria
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And wrote a poem that opened up the sky
And well beyond the worlds I couldn’t see
Dreams were deeper than my lonely mind
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