RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Listening to music, trying to keep my spirits energized,
just writing, feeling a total disappointment in life.

Looking within, not finding anything worthwhile I can do
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People everywhere I look in all directions, going about
their own business, not caring about anyone else.

Living in their own worlds, never noticing pain and con-
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Falling in depths of despair, nothing to catch me,
no one who cares.

Leaving all feelings and emotions, abandoning them
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All through an Arizona afternoon, sitting alone, writing
in the middle of a parking lot, praying for God's help
for there's not a caring person in this world.
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Silent now, not wishing to talk or be around people,
only keeping to myself, not wanting to be treated
like I don't matter in this world.
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Lately not feeling good, still trying to keep up spirits
by writing and listening to music.

Diving into sounds and rhythms just to get away from this
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Jets taking off and landing, taking people all over the
world, yet here I am in a parking lot, broken down, sit-
ting in the burning sun of an Arizona desert afternoon.
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Listening to the lonely train whistle behind the airport,
landing in the midst of my own loneliness right now.

Entering an inner domain that holds the emptiness of my
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Clock ticking through the confusion of life and love,
finding that time has stopped, giving no progress to
move ahead.
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Walking on a tightrope of feelings and emotions, looking
ahead, never down, afraid of falling.

Testing the strength of my future with every step, aware
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