RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Sailing along rivers of life, adjusting sails when needed,
trying to keep steady and avoid trouble as much as possible.

Taking time, writing, signing away my life in verses of
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Wandering through dreams, looking closely at their
fabrics and designs, collectively arranging every
image in progressions of calculated formulas, accord-
ing to mathematical equations.
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Throwing away unchallenged words of lifeless moments left
dangling in space, unable to be spoken or written until
folded into rhythms of totality.
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Waking in the morning, filled with an energy and strength
of this mind, taking it's place in the forefront of life.

Feelings being stripped and taken into measures on their
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Stepping to rhythms of a waltz as it fills the atmosphere
on the dance floor.

Descending upon each person, alighting on their shoulders,
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Taking care to always listen to every rhythm that is
accepted into this mind with a clarity and peaceful
demeanor, across the threshold of another tomorrow.
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Long - lasting love, standing in the background, no longer
recognizing itself as it ages exponentially in time.

Wondering what it is doing now, feeling an emptiness of
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Jumping right into rhythms of melodies, enjoying notes and
tempos being played.

Packaging thoughts in pretty lace and ribbons so they may
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Holding tightly to inner convictions, letting no one take
them from within.

Sliding down measures of life, seeing how every note is
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Forging into new environments, fully aware of where life is
taking me.

Wanting to exercise every opportunity that comes along,
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