RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Learning to decipher omens and signs in our paths through
life, seeking ageless wisdom that seems to escape.

Leading us on wild goose chases in turn, not allowing any
...

Surrendering to infinite possibilities in life,
attempting to create something from innate ideas
that happen to filter through our minds.
...

Capturing illusive subjects that soar into a mind
on currents of air, holding thoughts as they glide
along them unhurried.
...

Challenging the brevity of this life, striving to
again outlive it's stringent boundaries and limits.

Overstepping each one with determination and verve,
...

Within dreams, visiting concepts of absolute abstractions,
taking hold in intellect.

Watching flowering ideas climb desert mountains, protruding
...

Reaching into atmospheres of liveliness, grasping ideas
of many aspects in this entire life.

Practicing beliefs held within, hoping that I am doing
...

Reasoning and principles have differing thoughts on every-
thing in this life.

Trying to make it real, yet at times it doesn't reach into
...

Spending a lifetime looking for truth and honesty in
the reality of being.

Wondering what it truly is and consists of, noting
...

Finding a silence touching deeply, bringing me to my knees
as I pray desperately for a way to continue going on.

Having faith, holding onto it religiously, tightly, like
...

Rising above the ineptitude of life and the people in it,
wishing to proceed down paths of my own creation.

Knowing that they will be full and vibrant, never worrying
...