RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Responsibilities not taken lightly are a joy in times of
empty loneliness.

Feeling truly needed, sincerely felt from within as well
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Stillness of this morning is
recorded in my heart and mind
forever.
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Ripples of current run electrically through my brain,
awakening thoughts, ideas, reflections, giving all
free rein in imagination.
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Life stands silent as many ideas form in minds.

Always knowing just the right moment - when the
chimes ring out in unison, sending messages loud
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Skidding across the sky, a jet from Southwest flew
high into the clouds and disappeared.

My mind went with it as it sat inside, feeling the
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Sometimes when listening to music, seeing great art or
hearing a poem, a violent, silent chill runs electricity
through my entire body.
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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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