RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Sun shining brightly behind trees, bare, holding no
leaves at all, their branches and limbs like eerie
shadows, standing against it's colorful backdrop.
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Stillness, quietly striving, giving thoughts
peaceful, soothing atmospheres to lie back in
and relax.
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Waltzing to rhythms in the twilight, listening to interior
music and welcoming it's steady, even rhythms.

Reaching into depths of this being, giving it a purpose to
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Loving and being loved, giving of oneself for another,
trusting them to not break your heart or turn against
you.
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Feeling tired of living, bored beyond tomorrow with daily
routines, only wanting to live innocently dangerous.

Looking for adventure, daring to look death in the face,
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Having nothing to say, tired of living, only writing about
this ordinary life through poetry as it brings everything
around me to life.
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Tramping down all barriers attempting to stand in the way
of progress.

Defining the beauty of this life through it's freedom and
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Twilight dreams rarely if ever come true, yet at times
a rainbow will be elicited from one of them.

Excitement and joy abounding, finding a new adventure
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Darkness falling upon this mind, hiding it in the sorrow
of yesterday where all love has died and disappeared be-
yond boundaries of this life.
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Soothing interior nerves, troubled and frayed from pain
and being in the hospital again.

Now, however, the day after getting out, sitting here at
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