RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Mind racing up and down measures of time and music,
feeling elated and filled with surprise at all the
thoughts coming together.
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Disbelief falling in between measures of notes
and tones, being held gently in a delicate pose,
not wanting them to be misread or dropped on
their heads.
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Listening to faraway whispers made in an atmosphere of
love once upon a time, now just frozen in a memory held
closely and remembered whenever wanting to.
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Rhythms catching hold, taking mind into an absolute
atmosphere of tantalizing beauty through music.

Wanting to rock and roll, but a country-western melody
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Walking through days at a loss, not knowing
what to do with the emptiness being held so
deep inside.
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Long-lost memories lying in past rhymes of life
and music, portraying sensations of a life fill-
ed with love and laughter.
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Swinging, swaying, taking the long way home, ignoring
the pain that seems to follow everywhere.

Touching moments that are holding on for dear life, ex-
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Playing in sand of yesterday in Miami, Florida when
only four years old, remembering beauty of seeing
it for the first time ever.
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Crossing lines of demarcation that were purposely
placed in the middle of life, just to put a piece
of a broken puzzle in the way.
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Locating pastimes that all but disappeared in the
wake of loss and grief on this last horizon, want-
ing to fit in somewhere.
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