Staking A Claim In Humanity Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Stepping lightly into another morning, remembering waking up,
smiling because I was still alive, a feeling of happiness
and joy filling my being throughout.

Living in depths of a poetical mind, wandering through intel-
ect, finding my way through life with ease, at times barriers
of loss, grief, sadness, sorrow, suffering standing in the way.

Using mind and soul, delving into poetry to find a way through
everything daily, cooperating with ingenuity and innate talent,
taking steps into the light of another day.

Solidly planting my feet on the ground, staking a claim in the
life of all humanity, gaining strength interiorly, sweeping
across every line trying to cross me, going forward anyway.