RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Interactions of elderly band members is carefully solicited
from sight and vision.

Watching them individually and as a whole, brings solace
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Sentimental journeys, gliding through lives of people,
running errands of mercy with images from bygone days.

Taking mind's hands down long lasting memories,
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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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Disguising memories in codes of thought,
hiding them closely in times of sorrow.
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Reflections mirroring light as it is played and swayed about,
charging life with music from a talented musician.
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Lovely adornment soothes my inner anxieties as I run
towards horizons, standing a short distance from me.
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Rushing hurriedly through ordeals, trying to escape the reality
of earthly life with as little grief as possible.
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Pages turning, people reading bibles, someone talking,
not saying anything.
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Family gathering past memories into
collective conversations of enthusiastic energy.

Remembering exact images, each in our own way
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Life standing in a corner of eternity, arriving at conclusions
affecting the future, hoping decisions being made will be
right ones.
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