RoseAnn V. Shawiak Facts Poems

Song of what a man expects of a woman, neglecting the facts of life and love, ignoring her needs and wants, expecting his own to be met.

It just doesn't work like that, it has to be mutual and equally shared all through life, keeping up love and what a woman needs and wants or else you'll be sleeping on the couch.
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Looking up into a tree, it's branches looking deadened,
scratching my eyes with their forlorn presence.

Taking away, thinking of their beauty once so much
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Looking up into a tree, it's branches looking deadened,
scratching these eyes with their forlorn presence.

Taking away, thinking of their beauty, once so much
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Carefully walking catwalks of life, stepping on no one,
causing no harm, holding out life lines to occupy people's
minds, keeping them from sorrow's doorstep.
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Listening to artifacts of yesterday as they are built upon
our American history, detailing every important facet that
happened through the years.
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Running through all types of sacrifices, hardships and stress,
using music and its rhythms to ease the tension, at times even
to alleviate pain caused by physical ailments.
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Alone and heart-broken, having been hurt by someone claiming
their true love completely and always, now looking back, real-
izing there never was any love, ever.
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Tuning mind and intellect in deep melodies of rhythm during
the day and night, realizing facts of life as they come to
mind.
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Choctaw goes into beats of rhythms, taking people's minds along
with them, an insolent retribution for demands of the day.

Wanting to erase and toss stress into depths of an intellect that
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Tragic marks along walls of life, scars left behind
as reminders of our pain and suffering.

Open wounds of loss that will never heal until death
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Recognizing facts that keep poking my heart,
making me realize that there is a genuine
love for another secreted within me.
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Separating life into many aspects and varieties of subjects,
attempting to give understanding to it's concepts.

Some people finding ways to screw up it's meanings, just to
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Starting in the fast lane, going into beginnings of time,
writing poetry to tunes of music today, tomorrow and yes-
terday.
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Born here in the U.S.A., a proud American,
having freedom and God-given rights to all
of it's citizens.
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Spending our lives waiting for that one moment of joy and
happiness, being disappointed time after time, resigned
to the facts at this late stage in life.
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