RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Masks of indifference and selfishness cover some
people with their inner uncaring, unkind attitudes
towards others.
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Hesitant voices mildly carrying through a karaoke
atmosphere.

Finding voices buried in music, peeking out at a
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Drumming along without a care in mind,
tangling thoughts along the way.

Matching beats to melodies, counting
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Blinds of indecision open and close as we collect
our thoughts literally from puddles of remorse.
Thinking, blending with feelings on voyages of
grief-stricken highways, forfeiting our rights
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Intensely feeling the presence of Grandma, sitting
beside me, enjoying a little performer, music doctor,
singing an Italian song.
Italian dialect, over the skyways, meshing with our
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Instilled sorrow sits upon my
shoulders.
Watching saddened events through
the years, as life falls down
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Classrooms filled with ageless knowledge, brought about by teachers
who have taught.
Filling pages with written words, reading from books of age old
wisdom.
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