Shalom Freedman Poems

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971.
I Cannot Begin/ I Cannot Think

There is nothing in me
I am as empty as meaninglessness
Yet I am anxious
I have done nothing today
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972.
Mediocrity Clutters The World

I am taking up space-

The better quality of others
Would have more room without me-

Perhaps it is better that I not write at all
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973.
When The Last Poem Is Written

WHEN THE LAST POEM IS WRITTEN

When the last poem is written
And there is nothing more to be said
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974.
I Cannot Write My Sadness Away

As I could when I was young
Now my Sadness is older than all Literature
It has a grave before it
And many graves of friends all around
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975.
Rereading Some Pages Of Mine

My sense of my own meaninglessness
Suddenly disappeared-
I realized I had done something with my life
I had spoken truly of what I knew and felt-
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976.
There Is So Much Sadness In Growing Old

Loved ones and Friends die
So many people are sick,
Worlds disappear
Everything hurts more
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977.
Another Friend Is Gone

Another friend is gone
It’s two in a little more than a month
Two people who it was a special pleasure to talk with-

My world grows smaller
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978.
Simple Basic Things We Were Able To Do For Years

We can no longer do at the end-
How painful and disappointing then
How difficult
How sad and unhappy
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979.
Will The Past Ever Leave Me?

There is so much I miss
So many people so many times so many worlds
So much-

We will never wholly be what we are
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980.
I Wrote A Few Words

I WROTE A FEW WORDS

I wrote a few words
And the Guilt and the Sadness and the Regret
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