Shalom Freedman Poems

IN MY OLD AGE/ MY HAPPINESS


In my old age
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THE TRUTH IS/ OUT WHERE THE EDGE OF PAIN IS

The truth is
Out where the edge of pain is
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MY GLORY IS NOT THE GLORY OF G-D

My glory is not the glory of G-d
I do not know what the glory of God is-
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I HAD PARENTS /THEY WERE JEWS

I had parents-
They were Jews-
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MY POEMS ARE THE FEELINGS- THOUGHTS

My poems are the feelings-thoughts I have within me
Perhaps they are not poetry enough-
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I WALK OUT INTO THE DARKNESS OF ANOTHER DAY

I walk out into the darkness of another day-
Even the light cannot save me-
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I FEEL MY OWN FAILURE IN ALL I AM

I feel my own failure in all I am
And yet
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I WALK AND LOOK UP AT THE SKY

I walk and look up at the sky
I try to dream again-
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PERHAPS SOME OF MY POEM IS YOURS

Perhaps some of my poem is yours,
And some of yours mine
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THE GREATEST POEM THE PAIN WE FEEL

The greatest poem the pain we feel
Nothing in life forever real -
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