Shalom Freedman Poems

ALL THE FEELINGS AT THE EDGE

All the feelings at the edge
All the perceptions and longings
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IN THE TIME BEYOND FIRST MEMORY

In the time beyond first memory
When I did not know I was
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CONFINED INSIDE

Confined inside all day long
Boredom and restlessness come-
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CAN A LIFE BE WRITTEN IN POEMS?

Can a life be written in poems
When words are never enough
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A POEM IS AN ADVENTURE

A poem is an adventure
A going forth to sea
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I CAN'T GIVE UP ON THOSE WHO HAVE DIED

I can't give up on those who have died
I never will
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I will die
But I do not know how I will die
Will I know it is going to happen
Shortly before I die
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I have been wrong so many times in my life
That if I could open a business and get paid for being wrong
I would be rich by now-
But Money is what I have been most wrong about,
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SADNESS CALLS ANXIETY ALSO

Sadness calls Anxiety also
The day has not yet really begun
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