RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Just sitting, thinking, pondering problems the whole
world is having.

Speaking up on the side of justice and truth, never
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Walking alone, along edges of the horizon, watching the
ocean rise and fall within me.

Taking a lifetime into mind, seeing it like a video once
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Stepping in and out, being apprehensive at times,
but always moving forward anyway.

Touching aspects, picking them apart, trying to
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Sensing a silent sorrow growing within, drawing tears
from an ever-growing pool of sadness within, watching
it quietly being nurtured by events and loss in this
earthly life.
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Writing about nothing except sadness, sorrow,
loneliness, abandonment, feeling them erupting
within, because I have not talked nor heard
from you in so long.
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Falling within, finding a space where I can be alone
and think.

Wanting nothing but peace and serenity, two things I
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A nondescript absent day in many respects, wandering
about, nothing tempting me to do anything.

Thankfully having poetry to keep me centered today,
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Surrendering to feelings that continue washing over,
letting them take me out with tides of this life.

Searching for some sort of meaning in their insistence
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Quietly sitting alone, watching as life walks around,
not even noticing that I'm writing.

An entire lifetime hiding right out in the open where
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Each passing day seeming to get sadder with each new
moment appearing to touch an inner contemplation
hidden within.
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