RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Thinking of you with this heart brought your picture to mind,
lovingly looking at you, seeing love coming back into me.

You are wonderful, understanding, and I plan on loving you
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Time lengthening it's stay, curtailing ambition to prey upon
eons lost in nighttime furor.

Ghosts parading their images down dimly-lit halls, sparingly
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All of life flows under bridges, spanning years filled with
it's beauty, yet crippled by it's strife.

Sounding trumpets throughout the voice of intuitive silence,
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Deep in wonder, saturated with unbelief, the road of life
uphill, cascades through eternity without any frills or
lace upon it's brow.
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Sifting through daily activities, searching for clues to an
innate identity does not satisfy any inner yearnings.

Quietly forbidding, the essence of creativity lies waiting
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Incessant rhythm of sadness sets itself within, casting about
self-doubt and insecurity.

Placing the tragedy of life untold, on front pages of a mind,
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Depths of my soul burn within, pivoting inside with the
tranquility of past scenes in childhood.

Marching dancily throughout ancient history of a clouded
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End, the end of all thought and practice of ideas, escaping
from this darkened tunnel of life, fearful of the affront
of deadly images crawling forth.
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Hidden tears falling steadily behind a curtain of memories,
never showing themselves for they are hiding in fear-filled
caverns, trembling, being pushed deeper inside.
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Storminess of a heart lies reflected in eyes, staring out
across the barren wastelands of life.

Whiteness of surrounding atmospheres cancel images in and
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