RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Slowly soothing melody, traipsing along highways of
imagination, taking a journey into melancholy avenues
of adversity.
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Precious coverlets folded neatly, placed aside on bedsheets
draped with memories.

Sequestered in cells of uncomfortable selection, siphoning
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Ringing melodies following interior guidelines
through rhythm.

Standing in horizons, looking out to sea, wishing
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Listening to the sounds of unperturbed inconvenience
centered around undisturbed placement.

Sanctioning pleas of untoward events, incapable of
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Inside is a numbness, vast, expanding through body and mind,
there are no special reasons to be found.
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Mind racing, reaching for the skies, desire burning
intensely, wishing to be quenched.
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Life stretches itself, sprawls before me, tired of daily
routines and pressures from without.

Temporarily waylaid to regain some composure, watching the
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Listening intently to the beauty of music, looking
insightfully inside this mind, sensing intellect
and reasoning.
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Contemporary peace fills spaces of each memory left alone
to contemplate it's purpose, waving frantically towards
clouds, allowing soaring of the mind to grasp loving glances accompanied by words.
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Opaque screens awaiting someone to turn on a switch,
lighting them so x-rays can be seen and diagnosed,
by the Doc, full of knowledge and learning to think
outside the box, thanks to a patient of his.
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