Shalom Freedman Poems

The Sadness and Beauty go together
Life does not end without pain
But this old man
Telling his same stories
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The poems written about Poetry
Seemed to be self- indulgent and self- serving,
The Poet worshipping what he does
And making himself Holy-
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I love God
For the Beauty of the world-
For the people I care for in my life-
For so much Blessing -
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After the Poetry has been lost
And the feeling of what Poetry is forgotten,
Hungry lonely empty Ambition writes lines
And tries to present them as Poetry,
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A day is ending
And nothing has been done
It is possible to try and rush
But perhaps it is better to give a day to nothingness
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No one can explain this Sadness-
We love in the deepest way
we are the greatest happiness to each other
life can bring-
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An old man walks in light winter rain
He feels no pain-
He laughs and sings
And loves everything.
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ALL BEAUTY DIES

All Beauty dies-
Even the most beautiful Beauty dies-
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Now that I am old
I want there to be more Time-
But more Time has passed
Than I will ever have again.
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I read Borges poems
And the Night opens up a vast and different kind of Memory
Histories of place I have never been
Faces I have never seen
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