Shalom Freedman Poems

Every Night We Go To Sleep

Every night we go to sleep
Not knowing for certain
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IF THIS NIGHT COULD HAVE A POEM

If this night can have a poem
Then this long day
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EVERY POEM I WRITE HELPS ME STAY ALIVE

Every poem I write helps me stay alive
It gives purpose and hope
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I WANT THE PAST THAT WILL NEVER BE AGAIN

I want the Past that will never be again
Flickers of it come to me
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PERHAPS I SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO MY OWN ETERNAL OBLIVION

Perhaps I should look forward
To my own eternal oblivion-
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I can't remember the night or the poem
Or the song or the love
I can't remember
What we had as my dream come true
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I WROTE TOO MUCH

I wrote too much
I did not correct enough
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We live and we die
And in the end
Who will remember us?
And what will they remember us for?
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I have tried too long
And failed too much
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HOW HAPPY I AM / THE FIGHTING IS OVER FOR NOW

How happy I am
The Fighting is over for now
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