RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Watching crystals of water float atop a body of water,
glistening with a freshness coming from a winter's sunshine.

Glimmering into subconscious realms, letting them flow through
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Falling into a familiar repertoire of rhythm, writing to it's
delectable sounds, being elated by elicited tones.

Finding a tremendous feeling of power, walking into unknown
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Energy rising, mind expanding, creativity growing in leaps
and bounds, involving every particle and fiber of being.

Consuming with many desires in life, loving every one as
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Stillness, quietly striving, giving thoughts
peaceful, soothing atmospheres to lie back in
and relax.
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Steady beating of the drums, matching heartbeats, taking
me down avenues of heart-felt feelings and meanings in
this life.
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Sun shining brightly behind trees, bare, holding no
leaves at all, their branches and limbs like eerie
shadows, standing against it's colorful backdrop.
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Waltzing to rhythms in the twilight, listening to interior
music and welcoming it's steady, even rhythms.

Reaching into depths of this being, giving it a purpose to
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Tramping down all barriers attempting to stand in the way
of progress.

Defining the beauty of this life through it's freedom and
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Soothing interior nerves, troubled and frayed from pain
and being in the hospital again.

Now, however, the day after getting out, sitting here at
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Darkness falling upon this mind, hiding it in the sorrow
of yesterday where all love has died and disappeared be-
yond boundaries of this life.
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