RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Following pathways through life, seeing through it's lies
and illusions, finding the truth lying beneath them all.

Researching, locating those who know the truth personally,
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Walking the distance, finding my own way in spite of others
around me, knowing the difference between right and wrong,
making correct choices, applying them in my life.
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White fluffy clouds floating in skies above, drifting over
landscapes of this desert environment, trees waving to them,
leaves now fluttering in the gentle arid breeze.
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Believing in faith and hope, knowing that at difficult times
during life, they were all that saved this mere poet, owing
all to God for giving me a life filled with a loving family.
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Meeting others on the road of life, selflessly wanting to
share our goodness, innocence and purity with them, for
they are just like us in many ways.
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Beautiful flowers, called 'birds of paradise', swaying and
bobbing about to nature's rhythms, bright orange, gathered
together in loosely fitting foliage.
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Clouds gathering, piling upon one another, creating a
mountain of fluff, watching and smiling as it happens.

Wondering in amazement at how air currents bring them
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Watching children as their curiosity gets the best of them,
running from parents, wanting to explore different things
they're seeing outside of their homes.
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Softly, silently, rhythms touching my heart, soothing and
justifying the serenity lying within me so quietly, giving
my mind an atmosphere in which to contemplate.
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Time's slipping away faster and faster every day,
always wondering how it gets by me when writing.

Trying to keep up with rhythms in measures of
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