Shalom Freedman Poems

I am quiet in gratitude to God
Saved again
Near tears in tears
Grateful to God
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I just wait
The habit of years
The poem forms itself
The words come
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WORDS OF THE MORNING/ OF THE DISTANT LONGING

Words of the morning
Of the distant longing
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A day is ending
And nothing has been done
It is possible to try and rush
But perhaps it is better to give a day to nothingness
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No one can explain this Sadness-
We love in the deepest way
we are the greatest happiness to each other
life can bring-
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An old man walks in light winter rain
He feels no pain-
He laughs and sings
And loves everything.
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ALL BEAUTY DIES

All Beauty dies-
Even the most beautiful Beauty dies-
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Now that I am old
I want there to be more Time-
But more Time has passed
Than I will ever have again.
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I read Borges poems
And the Night opens up a vast and different kind of Memory
Histories of place I have never been
Faces I have never seen
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A night passes in a Silenceless Torment
Even the most beautiful songs
Cannot quell the restlessness-

There are times when one is not born for this
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