Shalom Freedman Poems

How sad it all is

How sad it all is -
How sad-
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I thank God time and time again
I thank God every day
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A SIMPLE POEM FOR MY MOTHER FROM MY MOTHER


All I am is a simple poem.
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Sad to fall
I fell again today
A twist a scream
An elbow a knee scraped
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POEM AFTER POEM AFTER POEM
POEM AFTER POEM AFTER POEM

Poem after poem after poem
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The Ultimate Future

The Ultimate Future
We cannot Know
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THERE IS NO POEM FOR DEATH

There is no poem for Death-
Death has no poem-
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Is like waking from Death
The Mind slowly begins to move again
Life is not just endless Emptiness
There is a world it might be possible to live in
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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DESPAIR

On the other side of despair
When the worst has gone
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I WAIT TO HEAR THE SILENCE OF MY OWN POEM

I wait to hear the Silence of my own poem
They say that Silence is a form of waiting
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