I had a Mother
Whose Soul
Was Goodness and Quiet and Joy and Calm
In its good days-
I am her son still
Long past the age
I best remember her as-
Oh Ma with all your goodness
Where did you go?
And where calm or no calm
Will I go also?
Shalom Freedman
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