Shalom Freedman Poems

I would not go to it-
I would stay here
Here where my Universe is.

And I would try to love it more,
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I sang and laughed with them
They were the joy of my inner life
I had no more happier times
Than when I was writing them-
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These poems are for me my deepest poetry
They may not be poetry at all for you
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No poem will stop the ticking of time
And no poem bring back
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In the early evening darkness there is no sound-
No music either-
Silence is a kind of waiting for another distance,
And all the distances in me have heard themselves before -
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The happiness of life in old age
Is a small grandchild
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I CANNOT BEGIN TO BE WHAT I AM

I cannot begin to be what I am
Unless I write-
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THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF LONELINESS

There are many kinds of Loneliness-
There is the Loneliness of not being understood even by one-
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WE WENT FROM THE CERTAIN TO THE PROB ABLE TO THE POSSIBLE

We went from the Certain to the Probable to the Possible
We went from Assurance and Strength to Questioning and Doubt -
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Because the Beauty of the day is more than he can say-
He cannot say the Beauty of the Day
Because only the eyes can say the Beauty of the day,
Because Greens Yellows Whites
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