RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Emotional ties being what they are,
life is turned upside down at the
most inopportune times.
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Tired of facing reality, running and hiding away
from it's realistic faces, countered in truth.
Basically strengthening lights, beckoning from
gates of heaven, slightly open to admit a timid
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Walking along edges of time, balancing the energy of life against death's.
Reaching beyond boundaries of ordinary paths, clutching closely those
of familiarity through pain.
Purposely denying advantages of the future, while letting go of the past and it's failures.
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Reading my mind within, taking pleasure in finding the literature that appears in rhythms of life.
Enjoying formulas and scientific beatitudes as they light up my imagination.
Awakening subconsciousness and touching twilight emeralds, showing their value in words of enlightenment.
Scoring facets of beauty as they filter closely into outer limits of a mind, sensitive to emotional feelings in others, even if they don't recognize them on their own.
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Waving and ebbing, taking blanketed
steps towards eternity on pathways
to heaven.
God standing at His gates, waiting
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Belief in God is an interior peace, a motive to be
the best you can be, without doubt nor fear.
Sounds of life cover slowly, our lifetimes with
spiritual serenity, even on darkest days of silence.
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