RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Somnolently stepping from sleep into a new day, taking
us into new experiences and filling us with ideas to
be fulfilled.
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Silently persistent, thoughts collect at the edge of
an interior waterfall, carefully watching and waiting
for their turns to be placed in a poem.
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Rocking to the rhythms of an interior melody, playing
across and into my intellect.

Totally energizing and taking me soaring into other
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Touching upon the inevitable plots in life, knowing
nothing of what's to happen from one moment to another.

Yet we step into our life every morning when we awaken,
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It's all in the past seems to be an appropriate attitude
on the surface, but everyone still has to live in the
present and eventually into the future.
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Sitting here at the airport in the cargo area, van broken
down once again, even though it was just fixed yesterday.

All new parts, put together precisely and somehow a belt,
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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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