RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Rain clouds looking down at me, beckoning literally
to be written into a poem for all to read.
Touching earth ever so lightly, kissing it, wondering
with enlightened spirits how people can stand to be
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Looking back over the years, listening to songs of the
seventy's with an intense desire to relive it's music.
Meaningful lyrics tied in with life's natural rhythm
and events of the times.
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Volumes of sadness are felt throughout my mind as it is
filled with memories of yesterday's life on shores of happiness.
Childhood so varied, a haven for natural beauty.
Placed in boats that row away from all they know as
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Music touching an individual from inside death's door,
reaching her on levels of heavenly gratitude from
beyond.
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Founding bricks of tomorrow on edges of fatality,
sinking to depths of reality.
Etching lines down canyon walls, revealing crystal
and gold of nature's wealth to all who seek and
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Taking everything in stride, what else is there to do?
Qualifying currents of being have been established
from the beginning of time.
Stranded in a life cause, enjoying every moment, using
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Conquering defeat with a peaceful interior attitude,
using a gift of writing to excel and become who I am
meant to be.
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Dynamic energy surging from within,
joining creatively with every
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Writing incessantly about life, trying to find reasons
why it exists as it does and why we put up with it's
unstable relationship with us.
There's never a reason good enough to explain it, so
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Squirreling away rhythms for lifetimes,
hoping to preserve some peace for tomorrow
and it's lonely days ahead.
Forgiving animosity of the past, going
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