A Lonely Walk Through Life
Most everyone is so tête-à-tête (alone, private) with ourselves, on emotional level, no matter who is around us. This verse is about just that
To think of it, it’s such a lonely walk
And I don’t mean “we’re here all alone”
Yet when it’s time of taking own stock
We have our memories, to smile and bemoan
A life we share is the life we live
With kin, schoolmates, best friend and brother
But give a try, remember and unweave
And often find reclusion, like no other
Imbibing sounds, mommy’s smile and toy
Sunlight, a fear of darkness, kitten’s scratch
TV cartoon, ice cream, a feel of joy
While doing falling baseball breathless catch
A trauma of a fight with bully at the school
New clothes that fit and biking down the slope
A lazy soak with buddies in the pool
Creaks oak tree when swinging on the rope
Good movie that left mark on you somehow
Someone’s adventure wished that you have had
Surrounded by rules and yet you don’t bow
Emerging self and ever-thinking head
Mom’s fight with dad, your own awkward pain
The sibling rivalry until you both grow up
Wet droplets, wind, the tingling of the rain
One Sunday morning of the solar ray wake-up
A late regret, a hormone rush, infatuation
Emotions, high test score, a joy of climbing rock
Existing through unending pain sensation
Female encounter of whisky, smoke and talk
Unending doubts, self-exam, belief in God
A meal to wolf when hunger really stings
To come of age and being drunk – how odd
Love of a girl, this love it gifts you wings
Feel road rage, a paper cut or being me
Testosterone cocktail, when one’s a dashing buck
Assertiveness, you learn to disagree
Relief arrives, when down on one’s luck
To learn about life by chatting with the pal
Sensations of lovemaking chiseled as you age
To win and lose, to fall and rise, to find morale
Grind unforgiving world with causes to engage
A bleeding hole in soul as elder parents gone
“She loves me” through, oh shucks, “we’re so done”
Ah, feeling of regret, as age replaces brawn
A burden off thy soul that weighs a heavy ton
Career ladder sudden fall, it hurts your pride
Talk to oneself, in verse, in order to be heard
Through kids to come upon what’s deep inside
Be wise, but stupid too, one of the human herd
Socializing madly, yet we are so alone
Incapable, unwilling share what we feel
Such is a lonely walk, without the phone
But so much truth in what I have reveal
April 12, 2026
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Ed Kay | Year Posted 2026
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