RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Doing to others as I do unto myself, treating everyone
with respect and dignity, finding goodness in every
person, never escaping manners taught when younger by
parents.
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Relaxing on a front porch attached to a cabin at Camp
Tontozona, enjoying mountain and pine tree views.

Watching clouds, black and gray, huddle together above,
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Sadness creeps into our lives through back doors at times,
taking us by surprise, devastating our neat, tidy ideas of
what life should be like.
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Touching halos of angels in dreams, feeling their healing,
calming effects on tense bodies.

Sorting through mysteries, trying to always be near and
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Taking time to travel interiorly all through life,
finding everything I can that's hiding within.
Touching inner emotions, giving heart-felt thoughts
throughout the years to write about.
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Watching ice float in my drink of water, gives me a sort of poem in an echo of a tomb I saw one day, when in a graveyard filled with family.
Thinking of the people I loved with all my heart, now knowing that they are lost to me forever here on earth while I am still alive.
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Lighting viewpoints while scratching the surface of my mind, expressing ideas I've been hiding for so long.
Energizing forms of musical ability in instrumental volumes of ongoing poetry, while living in the words I write them in.
Meaning being elicited from within my heart and soul, hopefully touching others on their solo journeys as we all grow forward in life, getting closer to our endings.
Exchanging a plethora of information of ourselves, we still have no idea who we are in each other's minds.
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Separating and being silent, turning away from the world,
not wanting to be exposed to anyone.

Just wanting to be left alone to fend for myself through
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People of different races, creeds and nationalities,
coming together at the senior center, finding common
ground, playing bingo, eating, playing cards or just
enjoying entertainment being provided by different
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Rocketing across space and time, this mind being filled
with an energy of intellect.

Rising and falling, soaring and diving, becoming every-
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