RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Bubbling from depths of water, swimming imaginatively
with the fish in an aquarium.

Freely diving and looking about, people coming into
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Memories hanging on walls like leaves on a tree.
Suspended in time, moments celebrated in minds
of yesterday.
Cobwebs clearing images from cluttered ideas
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Driving forces begin to stir within, pushing me
forward into another day, practicing hope even
if it doesn't seem to touch me right now.
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Lively spirit walking through desert acres,
enjoying time spent and being quiet.

A soulful peace descends on natural surroundings,
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Stepping rhythmically into the mix of life,
accentuating positive aspects of details
being shown through inner curiosity.
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Senses awakening in the middle of the night, wondering
what is going on, why are they rubbing the sleep from
their eyes right now.
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Moving to rhythms enfolding me within their souls,
giving a happiness and cheer through their placement
of notes and tones within this heart.
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Saturating my mind with happiness as a beer barrel polka
is played harmoniously by an accordion player named Todd.
Filling us all with pleasure and taking away our aches
and pains for moments in time.
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Send me no remorse, no return from death's doorstep.
Allow freedom of my spirit to soar towards heavenly rainbows,
let it grasp everlasting echoes of peace forming immediately
after life has left me.
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As I walk through this vale of death, I celebrate life
the way I remember it.
There were no flowers on marble headstones lying on the ground.
Rocks were in gardens, flowers were picked to put in
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