RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Settling quietly back to living after having breast
cancer surgery, enjoying just Being alive, writing
and listening to music, two favorite things of mine.
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Feeling soothing rhythms running through this brain,
calming and relaxing, taking mind away from the pain
of surgery.
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Riding an invisible roller coaster, finding things
within are not right, having breast cancer, another
mystery in life, how did it get there?
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Writing and listening to music while mind, intellect and
brain do all the work, sitting back, feeling totally com-
fortable and relaxed.
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Relying on an inner strength that keeps this poet energized,
focused, and determined throughout life, having been through
so much hardship, sacrifice, loss, grief and sorrow.
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Racing through measures of music that take this mind and
intellect to new dimensions so effortlessly, always en-
joying, learning and discovering new things daily.
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Listening, mind wide awake, translating music, notes,
tempos, certain instruments into poetry instantaneously
without any delay whatsoever.
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Rising and falling, living and dying, looking for
reasons, but finding nothing at all logical about
any of it.
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Drifting, going wherever waves of life take us,
at times wondering why or where we're headed,
trying to plan our futures.
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Living in a world that changes constantly, something always
challenging our minds and lives with emergencies that need
to be taken care of right away.
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