RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Loss affects everyone at one time or another, under different
circumstances.

We all grieve in ways known only to each individual, there
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Sadly walking down back roads, peering into forests, trying
to see between trees so closely situated together.

Taking many thoughts, attempting to picture a better time,
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Somnolent and moving slowly throughout tunnels of tomorrow,
casting out pointed looks, hoping to attract and catch hold
of extraordinary perceptions being held by abstract concepts.
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Sincerely taking life into my heart, as it touches my mind,
forgiving and solidifying total meanings of propriety.

Flowing gently into nighttime darkness, being led only by
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Frolicking in forests of imagination, holding true to
many commitments of life.

Remembering to combine and blend beauty existing in
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Selecting and arranging bottomless pits of ideas into
a plethora of subjects to be decoded and written about.

Surviving endeavors of life through misfortune, leaves
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How can a teacher who is stale themselves turn any child
onto learning?

A classroom, dull and all dried out with no excitement -
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Hammering rhythms into this mind, penetrating silence of
intellect, illustriously giving off immense degrees of
flexibility and performance.
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Seeing pathways, heading into unknown avenues of intellect,
going forward anyway.

Loving to discover many unknowns in this interior life and
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Silence in the darkness of evening, letting me go into it's
twilight without fear.

Spaces of time, collecting in precious memories of family
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