RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Tears of dark emptiness fall slowly from my eyes,
each drop bringing with it a piece of my heart.

Soaked through with sorrow, my head hung limply
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Warning annals of everlasting science, parading cadavers
down through the ages.

Filling life with decayed thoughtlessness, leaving all
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Closing doors without a thought, to shut in stale minds
who cannot think for themselves.

Stagnant ideas lie heavily in classrooms with no where
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For the sake of love, they had intercourse.
As a result of intercourse she got pregnant.

For the sake of their freedom, she had an
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Life silenced, torn apart by bullets of abuse.

Forgotten ages of peace and happiness, foreign, lasting
only in memories of hate.
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Sitting in quiet desperation, wanting to be able to talk,
I find I cannot.

Insides turning over, flipping out, because of stress,
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Inside, tender yearnings of a child hide, afraid to speak
or quench the silence, lest abusive undertakings fill more
of life.
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Carpets of rage kept down over memories, hidden away in
cocoons, never brought to light.

Barriers seen, touched, fearing the desire to break through
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Certificates of learning hung on walls, undeservedly portraying
a trust of unknown expanse.

Tired of all the explanations, excuses, renditions for power
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Today I lit a candle for your mother, so gentle and frail,
I prayed for acceptance and renewal to enter her heart for
you.
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