RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Enlightenment unfolding in moments of rhythmic music playing
effortlessly, touching the very depths of ingenuity and life-
centered rhythms.
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Life left to die on heaps of abuse, no longer wanting to go on
anymore, finding the strength to break ties of abuse that have
been binding for so long.
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Leaving behind a life never wanted, finding the way to a better
life alone, meeting people, conversing, feeling what it means
to be human once again.
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Mind wandering down paths of yesterday, searching, but finding
that life has been wasted all these years, having been forsaken
time and again because of a man's perverted sense of self and sex.
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Ridding self of all the emotional turmoil and hatred that's been
mounting throughout the years, getting rid of the anger, pain
and hurt of being raped at last.
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Decorating an interior mind with delicate pictures of balance
and creativity, producing many portraits of success in life.

Stretching beyond imagination into inner dimensions of ingenuity,
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Moving slowly at first then suddenly forging into a new mode
of thinking, one that had been lying in this mind awaiting
recognition through a poetical interlude.
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Racing through measures of time, thoughts flowing generously
into funnels of rhythms, acting like whirlwinds, touching
down at intervals in order to spew their ideas onto land-
scapes of expertise.
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Invisibly feeling an intense emotion overpowering within,
pushing energy into sublime dimensions, watching as it
explodes into colors of sound as it lifts spirits interiorly.
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Processing life through coded rhythms, defining meanings and
definitions of survival in a tumultuous world filled with
evil and corruption.
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