RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Tall, beautifully landscaped buildings standing, looking over the city of Tempe.
Chase Bank prettily reflecting new model cars and trucks as they drive by.
Silly moving reflections - new with each passing car.
In front of the building, sitting with head bent over, leaning on uplifted knees, trying to sleep.
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Sweeping away cobwebs of derelict thoughts, placing them in the dust bin where they belong.
Feeling the intensity of heart-ache and pain bouncing along walls of my chest, attempting to forget and let truth be stifled inside.
None of it matters when you look into the future and see the next horizon just ahead.
All is useless chatter, noisy circumstances not worth looking into.
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Families and friends holding hands, hugging one another, trying to get closer to Jim and Scott somehow through their genuine love for one another.
Photos forever etched in mind's of love, never to be forgotten as every heart holds so much sorrow - yet such bittersweet joy of two lives so closely entwined with an entire community, their extended family - all of us here in Phoenix.
When our eyes look to heaven, we will always see your smiles and never forget you or your families.
Thank you for sharing your lives and now your memories with us.
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As I close my eyes and watch the world within spin and
play to tunes of my soul's desire, a peace descends
upon me and life outside my body stops for a while.
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Lights of goodness, focusing on peaceful countenances, deriving beauty from places of innocence throughout
natural sites of impossible joyous reunions.

Surfing simple respect and dignity, holding gently
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Touching places interiorly, causing memories to be
written on endless synapses and neurons - co-existing
with images musically.
Remembering past times with heart-felt eyes and senses.
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Solace sits upon my mind, staking it's presence
in my life.
Wandering lanes of nature throughout days of
strife, fastening onto nature's fortitude and
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