RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Billowing recognition vies to
catch us off guard when seeing
someone we know and can't
remember who they are.
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Candlelit music voicing
melody's opinions, taking
notes and creating etudes
of longevity.
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Barreling along to the speed of sound,
riding individually together in a steel
container.
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Light blossoming
in spheres of vision,
bouncing about the air
without hitting
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Waveringly wonderful, this exotic burst of tumultuous
emotion issuing forth from adjacent pockets of deeply
felt realization.
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Twiggling within, listening intently to musical notes
of soundless despair.
Dragging feet across walkways of drifted sand, being
blown onto piles, standing on either side.
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Memories grow old, aging with time.

Space continues between horizons of love,
tantalizing us with promises eternal.
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With every breath life comes into focus, betraying it's
longevity and place on earth.

Standing erectly, temporarily at every person's edge,
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Lifelong intimacies are held close to our hearts,
recalled by memory's minds.

How majestic, symbolic and true we are to our
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