RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Sentences abounding in seconds of time, giving thoughts
an exit into the world of poetry.

Taking amounts of life and miniaturizing them to fit in
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Holding so tightly to precious memories of beautiful
moments had in life, that are now gone forever in
hands of time, their images being posed forever on
photographic screens within.
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Wanting to wake up, having a hard time coming around.

Caught in the crossfire, not understanding, feeling
awful, yet this mind is ready to write into the
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Wanting to always keep total control of innate gifts
so they can be used whenever wanted to.

No one having any effect, good or bad on intellect,
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Somewhere along the way finding self, after drifting
along on waves of life, not caring where ending up.
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Saturated beyond belief, facets of life crumple and
dive headlong into imaginations's quiet respite.
Longingly skating across and through memories,
waking senses long since deadened.
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Waiting an eternity for just one moment in time is
difficult, but never minded as it's memory continues
to help us progress through time to our next awaited
moment.
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Changing attitudes, beating faster into the rhythms,
giving pleasure as I write in time to it all.
Completing the sequences of tonight's measures with
a delicate balance of talent and inborn knowledge.
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Aphid-like, sorting out which way to go, taking off
on wings of freedom, nothing standing in the way.
To live life this way would be a glorious situation,
one which is simple and didactic, worthy of interior
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Standing on high, listening to a trumpet solo, erect
with staccato rhythm, penetrating a mind with it's
tone and depth, soaking into this being.
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