Shalom Freedman Poems

CAN A POEM BE MADE OF AN OLD MAN’S WORRIES?

Can a poem be made of an old man’s worries?
For his wife’s health
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There are too many lost moments in our lives-

All that we are now
Cannot again be
What we have lived-
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Some present experience gives me a hint of-

I long to know and see and feel
What I knew and felt then-

But before I can even perceive it
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But I did not know how
The road had been long
I had tried much
But being old is not an answer
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Only the stars can say
And as they are silent
Who you are
Is silent too-
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I wait for an incredibly beautiful poem
I know it cannot come from me
My time is almost gone
And I could not write the truly beautiful poem
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All the years wasted in writing words unworthy of being read
When I remember all the life given to a Hope never to be realized
I nonetheless thank God
That I had the Dreams the Years the Hope
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It will never die
As we will never die
All those we love will live forever with us
And we will live forever always and also
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NO, I HAVE NO POEM TODAY

No, I have no poem today
Today the world is my poem
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NOTHING TOUCHES ME/BUT YOU

Nothing touches me
But you
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