Shalom Freedman Poems

The happiness of others is my happiness-
Their sadness is my sadness-
Without them I cannot wholly be who I am-
And what they are to me
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THE LAST POEM BEFORE SHABBAT ENTERS

The last poem before Shabbat enters
Already partakes of Shabbat
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Depression is Death Dying inside
Mornings of blackness
Days without light
Mountains of problems
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Sadness is Sadness
Suffering- Suffering
Silence-Silence
Life- Life
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The fog has lifted
The weight is gone
Lightness has returned
Singing is in me
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ON THE EDGE OF THE EDGE OF THE EDGE

On the edge of the edge of the edge
There is nowhere to go-
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THE POET TAKES US SOMEWHERE ELSE

The Poet takes us somewhere else
Farther than we know ourselves-
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ALL MY POEMS RAGE IN ME

All my poems rage in me,
Written and unwritten
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THE LATE- NIGHT POEM

The late- night poem
Is a tired poem
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I CAME BACK TO THE POEMS

I came back to the poems
And it was as if I was alive again
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