RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Running, always on edges, afraid, trying not to fall
over.
Inside cringing, holding on for dear life - why we
don't know.
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Silencing interior pain by listening to Foreigner,
eclipsing time by entering it's rhythms.

Forgetting the world for moments in time, as many
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Wandering through mazes of reality, not wanting any
part of their existence.

Taking time out to disappear inside my being, taking
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Rambling into gardens of heaven where I can feel at
peace inside.
Buttons of life have turned into concepts of idealic
prose to be taken into depths of thoughts never taken
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Saving graces keeping me alive, prayers being said
and given to heaven to help me carry on.
Sorrow holding a place always in my heart, ready
at a moment's notice to let it's tears flow into
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Echoing into canyons of emptiness - alone - deserted
from without - a world forlorn and abiding no one.

Sending recriminating sadness to outer lengths of
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Touching gently, ivory keys of sadness in life,
hoping to bring together chords of happiness.

To begin melodies of humor and laughter to take
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Considering life in many different lights, watching
brightness fade and dim away.

Falling on corners and edges, hurting from the
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Multifaceted people, gathering together, talking,
getting to know one another.
Practical oneness beginning and ending conversations.
Starting to portray a pattern to follow, attempting
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Burned beyond recognition - a stressful day at work
has taken it's toll.
Pulled in ten different directions while nothing
got done.
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