Taught By Life Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Looking back over my shoulder, seeing the distance I've
traveled in life, fulfilling it's purpose in poetry and
music.

Taking every experience and writing it into a poem, des-
cribing the circumstances of a mere poet, never leaving
out anything whether it's good or bad.

All of it has taught me about life and other people, the
thoughts of forgiveness, thoughtlessness, compromise and
love, having a place within my being.

Every part of life filling my heart with the beauty and
wonder of what life has been and done for me throughout
sixty-five years now.