RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Lights hiding in the darkness,
trying to be inconspicuous,
hiding behind some columns so
no one may see them.
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Silent and syncopated with grief, tears falling steadily
into the deepest part of being.

Suffering in the throes of a sadness that will not lessen
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Balances in life are precarious at times, we have
to stand to the side once in a while.

Stepping up and into the system of intelligence,
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Recalcitrant, sitting back in a chair, looking
out at landscapes of nature, responding within
to it's beautiful auras and fidelity in life.
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Sinking into depths of another world, finding many
possibilities that exist within it, rocks, slate,
water, natural things that our world is made up of.
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Shaded, shadowed from within a fast food restaurant,
showing silhouettes of nature just beyond the parking
lot outside, standing tall nearby, nearly unrecogniz-
able in the beginnings of evening's darkness coming
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Energetic mind being filled with a plethora of
questions and ideas, having many spheres of know-
ledge to address them all.
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Misshapen reflections hanging over windows, showing
themselves openly, it seems only I can see, writing
what is seen happening through them.
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Fantasies of childhood continue to reign in backyards
of my mind, still enjoying games and thoughts had back
then.
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Solitude is confident and precious at the same time,
never causing any difficulties or injuries to stop
in between.
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