RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Letting beating of drums gather interior thoughts, aligning
them with coded rhythms, evolving in ideas, concepts and
positive moods.
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Reining in sounds of drums beating to heartbeats as it's
attuned to the essence of an interior being, all gathered in-
to a collective volume of musical rhythms where poetry's born.
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Smoldering embers being fanned by music, taking breaths of
light into it's midst, then spewing it's beauty all over
the sky like fireworks.
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Listening to a quiet waltz as it takes us dancing into past
memories filled with pleasure and pain, wishing time could
be gone through like pages of a book to be read.
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Hand in hand we go through life, living moments together
and apart, love entwined and entangled through our hearts.

Keeping us prisoners to one another until we move on,
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Strolling through passages of time, enjoying the views as we
go, hoping for moments of joy and happiness to come our way.

Looking about, seeing couples holding hands like we used to
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This world can be so cold and lonely, even here in this hot
arid desert, moments spent in empty loneliness, feelings of
abandonment grating against our hearts and minds.
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Feeling lucky at times in life, everything going right,
elated and joyful for moments in time.

Challenges coming into our lives, taking us aside, for
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Beginnings have begun and ended before we even are aware of
it, feeling the loss deeply, wondering why we weren't aware
of it's presence.
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Doing the two step along pathways of our lives, enjoying
being close to one another and not worrying about what
we don't have.
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