RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Through this holy night I will be with you,
close by your side.

Precious and loved, we are forever bound to
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Filling life with an interior spirituality, giving
it a purpose for being here, alive and vibrant.

Beginning each morning with the grace of God, holding
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Tiptoeing across life, not wanting to disturb it's
peace and serenity for the time being.

Knowing that it's silence will be broken by sounds
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Careening down the road of life, testing challenges
of death itself.

Wanting to feel the tension and exhilaration of doing
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Reflections of light, multiplying as I watch on a
table top, seeing them spread around, collecting
more as they go.
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Wandering through streets of yesterday's memories,
opening and watching them as I walk in a lonely world.

Seeing your image in so many memories of our lives to-
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Dying in your incessant love through the night,
feeling it's intensity fill me entirely and
completely.
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Life pouring from within, filling earth with peace,
giving hope to those who are living upon it.

Everyone trying to live, helping one another, caring
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Traipsing along sandy shores, thinking and looking
out over the horizon at waves rolling towards shore,
then crashing upon the sand.
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Roaming through the desert, feeling it's arid heat
soaking through my skin, warming me excessively.

Reaching out with my eyes, noticing prickly needles,
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