Shalom Freedman Poems

THE POEM MY MOTHER GAVE ME

The Poem my mother gave me-
The song she gave me-
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SO MANY SICK FRIENDS NOW

So many sick friends now
So much pain and dying-
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ALL

All the poems
All the silence
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WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF THE ROAD

We have come to the end of the road
There is no new road before us
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THE PRAISE OF POETRY

The praise of Poetry
The Joy of night
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ALL OUR LIFE WE ARE LOSING OUR LIVES AS WE ARE LIVING THEM

All our life we are losing our lives as we are living them-
Already today who I have been on this day
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EACH DAY HAS COUNTLESS SMALL MOMENTS OF JOY

Each day has countless small moments of joy
Little sensations of light
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Darkness rules the outer world
Though the lights of civilization
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There is endless Time-
I am not required to do anything-
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