RoseAnn V. Shawiak Traditions Poems

Wizened wrinkled faces of the aged walking past
age-old traditions as they dance and play in
rhythm before us.
So steady, precise, steps are taken in beats of
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Reaching out for companionship, dancing in one another's
arms, hoping to stay together through passing years.

Traveling, creating new traditions to pass on when they
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Melodies of peaceful existence foretell future destiny
and fateful promises with wisps of candle flames,
rising toward heaven with prayers upon lips of
recipient's gazes.
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