Shalom Freedman Poems

THERE IS A POEM OF GRATITUDE

There is a poem of gratitude
That thanks You for the goodness in my life
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Before Rosh Hoshanah
The music is the music of the prayer
A music heard from childhood
A music deep in me
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THE WORLD NEEDS COURAGE AND HOPE

The world needs Courage and Hope
It needs voices that believe-
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THE POEMS BRING ME BACK TO MYSELF

The poems bring me back to myself
I begin to live again –
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THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE IS THE DARKNESS WITHIN

The darkness outside is the darkness within
Night is the most frightening time
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THE BLACKNESS OF THE BLACK BLACK NIGHT

The blackness of the black black black night
The blackness inside-
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FOR A CHILD

No worry can be as great
As for a child.
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LIVE LIVE IT

It goes by
The beauty of life
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I LIVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THE SONGS

I live in the beauty of the songs
They move me so
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THE POEM OF TODAY/ IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE POEM OF YESTERDAY

The poem of today
Is more important than the poem of yesterday
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