RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Life breaks apart like an egg being cracked open,
everything being emptied out, we eat what we cook
and live off of it.
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Missing you, nothing is the same, life has expired
and left me with just images and memories of our
life together.
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Waiting and watching, loving and enjoying the gifts
that God has given.

Nothing to mar them, for they were heaven-sent and
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Succulent and inspiring, rhythms of our lives,
as they engulf us throughout our moments daily.

Giving beauty to our minds and intellect, always
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Songs of remembrance flow from within creative and
talented people, situations that touch us deeply,
penetrating our interior minds with their sadness.
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Traveling down a lonesome trail through nature,
losing myself in it's serenity and beauty.

Taking in fragrant pine scents as I walk deeper
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Being inspired by ordinary things in life,
at least they seem to be on the surface.

Yet, beneath finding all kinds of magnificent
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Broken mirrors, cracked images of life, shattered
through insincerity, deceit, lies, ungratefulness.

Never able to put shards of interior mirrors back
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Silently singing to self, no one can reach me
for I am in a zone by myself.

Feeling emotions that filter through the lyrics
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Pounding rhythms of yesterday are awakening my mind,
teaching intricacies of yet another life.

Accepting the truth and living beyond the lies that
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