Shalom Freedman Poems

Even the promise of Death
Of no decision and responsibility forever
Does not free me of the anxiety and worry
Over life's problems now
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EACH DAY IS

Each day is
a struggle to go on
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WE LIVE ONCE

We live once
And die once-
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IN OLD AGE I VALUE MY FRIENDS MORE

In old age I value my friends more
I need them more
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I PRAYED AND RESTORED MY SOUL

I prayed and restored my soul
Every day I pray
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WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING RIGHT


When things are not going right
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WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH?

Why do we care so much?
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I am far from myself this morning
I do not know what to write
My birthday is today
Thank God for seventy- two years in the world-
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What if all the poems
I wanted to write
Have already been written
By someone else?
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WHO CAN WRITE A POEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY?

Who can write a poem at the beginning of the day
When all is awkwardness and slowness and sadness,
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