RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Early morning rising, ready to be discharged from
the hospital, yet it may not happen for a while.

Knowing that my Granddaughter is expecting me,
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Looking closely into the future of children close to me
in a close-knit family, seeing the difficulties that are
awaiting each of them.
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Thinking of you with this heart brought your picture to mind,
lovingly looking at you, seeing love coming back into me.

You are wonderful, understanding, and I plan on loving you
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Aging into tomorrow, yet here my mind departs my being,
staying always young in place also.

Finding a certain beauty in the childhood of my youth,
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Standing on edges of dreams, listening to heavenly rhythms
fold themselves into my mind with a sublime passion.

Wrapping may mind around every measure, allowing them to
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Existing sololy for the purpose of writing, letting everything
else fall by the wayside.

No longer having use of any of it in these, my last few days
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All of life revolves around children, taking care of and
protecting them.

Why then do our courts keep giving abusive mothers children
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Rushing to meet a new beginning, awakening from a deep sleep
through the night.

Keeping mind wide open, never taking my sight off of the
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If God loves you just as you are, who am I not to do
the same?

Loving and accepting, not wanting to change anything
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Searching, letting go, becoming amid the turmoil of daily
life.

Waiting, watching, wondering where to go next, silently
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