RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

There came a time in life when you must decide whether
or not to go on.

It is a moment of great thought provoking decisions
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Shading the destinies of man, life continues it's journey
towards death, there are no havens along the way, no
thoughts or desires.
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Life waves itself gently in the path of vision,
sometimes it is a past vision, other times future.

There are many thoughts, ideas, concepts, woven
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Love exists only in a person's mind.

If this were not so, he would not know
it's meaning.
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Blowing wind raked itself through my body, tearing apart
insides, scattering little bits of truth and knowledge,
causing them to rearrange themselves into a bedlam of
confusion.
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Light, abundantly flowing, being absorbed by eyes,
watching tirelessly in early evening.

Saturated with the lies of daily life, not wanting
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Waking to the insistent repetition of life standing still,
watching the rainbows turn gray with defeat.

Drumming steadily, falling continuously like the rain,
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Wavering within, shadows of the past, rise and fall,
taking forbidden memories and standing aside to let
them be known.
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Silver shining in spatial rooms of solitary
lining.

Filled with an uneasy expectancy of short -
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Age creeps upon us slowly, showing first in our surroundings,
as piles of newspapers climb ever higher.

Stacks of magazines are strewn throughout, giving our room
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