RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Halls of lonely people, sitting in chairs of despair,
hoping to fulfill life-long dreams of success and
tranquility.
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Moonlit nights are for standing outside of windows looking
in, being a part of God's universe, connected to His being
through nature.
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Succeeding in this life has nothing to do with riches and
material things.

It has everything to do with loving and being loved in
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Climbing walls of friendship left in time, sensing
a feeling of abandonment close to home.

Fearing separation for unknown reasons, causing
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Risking everything for a love of writing, wanting to
express every thing in a poem or verse.

Allowing an honest and open look at who is writing
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Reasons crowd a mind, cramming space with inane thoughts
and creating a stressful environment.

Unwanted, unwarranted, relinquished in time, given the
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Don't have far to go to the bottom of life, nothing has gone
the way I felt it should.

Life is a disappointment most of the time, can't seem to
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Family and friends are a wonderful pair when you have both in
your life, it's been an experience sharing time and space with
you at the center.
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Life continuing down pathways of religion that lead us
toward heaven and God if we are the best we can be in
this life.
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Feeling tired after ten treatments of radiation and
surgery for breast cancer, mind crying silently when
finding out the diagnosis, knowing it had to be done.
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