RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Portraying life through paintings and forms of art,
brilliant to the mind's eye over a span of many years.

Totally engrossed in beautiful sensations of nature,
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Slow moving motion, escaping harried days of stress with longing.

Systematically intent upon enjoying every moment left to me on
earth and it's boundaries.
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Sensing ivories within, delicately touching their feelings,
jostling words to fit their descriptions of melodies as
they play intently and joyfully in harmony with intellectual
ironies and factual tunes of creativeness.
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People shopping, looking for good deals, noticing sale items
aren't as good as they're purported to be.

Rushing around, pushing carts, trying to grab all they can,
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Listening to a Sousa march over the intercom at Fry's,
watching people go by me, keeping time with it's beat.

Contentment on their faces as they are energized by the
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Random thoughts act on their own,
pleasing no one but themselves,
causing havoc with imagination
and it's purpose.
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Moments gather, portraying life in it's total existence,
especially in the end.

Solemnly, some of them have thought of their demise
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Night ghosts roam around desert gardens, botanical in nature,
searching for descriptions left in cacti and aloe vera.
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Family - a means to an end - a heredity of people
joined together by DNA.
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People rushing to and fro, greeting others,
enjoying conversations and company, sharing
experiences with one another.
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