RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Appropriate consideration given out of respect to another,
yet is left in solemn distaste herself.
People not wanting to associate or pretending only that
they do, shove an innocent person into sidelines where
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Sculpture of mountains made by God's own hands,
standing surreptitiously over all the land.
Posing with all manner of cacti and animals
living together.
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Cumulus clouds rolling together, piling atop one another,
readying for an explosive monsoon storm.
Watching us beneath all their splendor and glory, knowing
that we're looking ahead for a place to dash into and out
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Settling into a reverie, silently thinking of life
and what it has left of my being.
Hoping I can still be of use as I fall into an abyss
of near-death on the edge of non-existence.
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Mountains peeking
through low lying clouds,
trying to hide themselves
from the threat of reality.
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Castle clouds stretching across the sky,
showing what imagination can conjure and
portray to us all on earth.
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Sun shining into my mind,
illuminating darkest corners
with rays of hope, hanging on
threads of prayer.
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Lengthening shadows lying across my path,
warning me of danger in the impending
darkness, held in check by prayer.
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Musical notes appearing on telephone wires,
stretched along the highway.
Humming with anticipation of a new composition
set vividly in imagination as it's played on
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Cooperating with others as best I can,
leaves me in thoughtless avenues of
bereavement where I am stranded in
total loneliness.
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