RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Suddenly stepping up to music in a staccato-sounding beat,
lifting me from my seat.

Stepping around the dance floor but only in my mind, as I
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Expressions of faith stand out in reflections of personhood,
calm and tender people filled with compassion, constantly
tending to dire consequences in this world, trying to make
it a better place for all.
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Soliloquies of life present themselves each day, at
different times, in different experiences, most any-
thing can bring them about.
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Stringent feelings holding me captive, giving unpleasant
emotions a door to enter my being.

Abolishing the good mood I was having, now it is destroyed,
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Being cut loose, going into an interior wilderness,
losing myself on purpose, just so I don't have to
be present to anyone or join in at all.
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Scrambling around, trying to do it all, having fun,
enjoying the freedom of this life.

Doing a variety of projects, forming ideas, bringing
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Stepping along horizons, traveling into other dimensions
beyond this one, finding explanations and discoveries, a
new and exciting exhilaration, always tantalizing particles
of intellect as it awaits a special awakening to come and
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Adjusting self to living, wondering what it is that I am
doing wrong, always managing to have nothing and wanting
to know why this is.
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Justice being meted out by God, Himself, seeing evil
people hurting and maiming the innocents of our world.

Taking them out with strength of might and goodness,
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Rushing to and fro, taking steps towards yesterday through
images being relived in memories, never tired of being seen.

A wonderful amount of intellect shining and bringing about
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