EVERY POEM I WRITE HELPS ME STAY ALIVE

Every poem I write helps me stay alive
It gives purpose and hope

A few lines
And I feel I am doing something

It may be an illusion as poetry for others
Chances are it is an illusion

But the lines make me live again
In my own heart and mind

Shalom Freedman

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