RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Leaving earth, traveling in my mind to places where I
can entertain myself without having to worry about
physical ailments.
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Reluctantly looking in the past, wanting to remember every-
thing, yet not wanting to let go of any of it, especially
loved ones who have now departed.
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Ignoring impossibilities brought forward by other's with
negative attitudes, providing a calming sensation through
writing.
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Silence of life is astounding!

Nature in all it's glory grows
within a silence all it's own.
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Palm trees with elephantine trunks, standing sturdily,
strongly along many roads of man's doing.

Casting long shadows onto sidewalks and streets, tripping
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Tonight I have given up life, no longer being found on
this horizon or any other.

Silenced by the untimely death of innocence, betrayed
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Wanting to know all there is to know in life, reading
philosophy gives some insight.

Totally ignoring what happens, standing up, seeing the
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There are a few dentists in the valley with compassion and
caring, a part of their make-up.

Giving up Sunday to do free dental work in a study group
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Sorrowfully echoing, calling through the trees, whispers
softly sighing, floating upon the breeze.

Life falls, sliding through a side door, one that has not
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Boys playing basketball after school, just for fun.

They are funny as they go around in circles, dribbling
the ball, trying to keep it away from each other and
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