RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Relapsing into a coma of sorts, only this time on purpose,
in a design, just trying to replicate what happened before.

Many concepts and puzzle pictures are forming a picture of
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Lovely days of winter, striking chords, rhythmically, in
tune with a birthday song, sung just for an Italian gentle-
man.
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Energized by an article written on racism in America, while
reading it, seeing the misconceptions people in India and
other countries around the world have of America.
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Pressure of racism flows from mouths of those who proclaim
to be politically correct and who are in fact, just the
opposite.
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Squeaking faith, peering about, checking to see if it's
safe to travel outside.

People stabbing religion with sharpened tongues, hoping
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Windows curtained from inside, keep all eyes from prying,
not wanting anyone to take away from them, chapels stay
hidden until you step inside.
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Easter, the glorious season, beautiful to behold, purples,
pinks, whites of decoration, easing our minds into depths
of sorrow, praying and crying, in the garden of Gethesme.
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Walking across the desert of childhood, still listening to
a little transistor radio as I quietly went my way alone
each day.
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Many memories shine through the clouds of grief,
leading to recovery one day in the future.

For now, crying, sorrow, pain, are all culminating
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