Shalom Freedman Poems

THE LIGHT HAS NOT BEGUN YET

The light has not begun yet-
Darkness is still the morning-
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EVERY DAY IS ANOTHER QUESTION

Every day is another question
Surprise is our life-
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NOTHING I WRITE / DREAMS ME AS I DREAM MYSELF

Nothing I write
Dreams me as I dream myself
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WE ARE VOICES SOUNDING WHAT COMES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

We are voices sounding what comes from somewhere else-
Nothing is ours
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ONE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS

One does not know where it is
Or what it is
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A SMALL GIFT

There is so much more to this world
Than I will ever know-
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I LOST THE POEM I WROTE IN MIND

I lost the poem I wrote in my mind
When walking to Shul this morning-
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ALL THESE UNIVERSES AND DISTANCES

All these universes and distances-
All these places we will never know-
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THE MORNING POEM DID NOT COME

The morning poem did not come-
So this is the effort of an afternoon poem,
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THE POET WHO NO LONGER BELIEVES IN HIMSELF

The poet who no longer believes in himself
And writes on anyway-
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