Shalom Freedman Poems

I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT HAPPENED TO ME

I do not know why it happened to me
I grew silent within myself
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I vowed I would not say my father's famous words
'I should have could have I would have '
I do not know if I want to say them now
But somewhere in me is some longing unrealized
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MY SADNESS TO STAY WITH

I don't know where I would go to often
If I did not have my sadness to stay with-
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AT TIMES I REMEMBER TIMES OF MY LIFE

At times I remember times of my life
And I feel such sadness
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THE MUSIC IS THE SOUL OF MY FEELING

The music is the soul of my feeling
It tells me deeper and truer than my mind
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THE YELLOWS OF THE FLOWERS

THE YELLOWS OF THE FLOWERS
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FEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

Fear in the middle of the night-
Fear and horrible imaginings-
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ONE CANNOT LIVE ONE’S CHILDRENS’ LIVES FOR THEM

One cannot live one’s childrens’ lives for them-
Their pains are their pains-
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THE JOY OF SUDDENLY LEARNING


The Joy of suddenly learning
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THESE POEMS THIS LIFE

These poems this life
What have I done?
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