I LISTENED OVER AND OVER AGAIN/TO THE POEMS I LOVE <br /> <br />I listened over and over again <br />To the poems I love <br />Poems I have known for many years <br />I heard them in myself <br />Missing a word here and there <br />Forgetting a line and wondering where Memory had gone- <br /> <br />I listened over and over again <br />To the poems I loved so much <br />Some I knew by heart <br />Many I knew many lines of- <br /> <br />Were they mine really? <br />Did they shape my soul? <br /> <br />Why did I love them so much? <br /> <br />The poems of others <br />Recited again and again <br />Within myself <br /> <br />Old friends <br />Who will still be here <br />After I have gone <br /> <br />Old friends <br />Who have given me so much.<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-listened-over-and-over-again-to-the-poems-i-love/
