Anthony Bianco Poet Free verse

Alone Poem

alone
your alone
alone isn't a crime

the problem is
nobody wants to be around alone
alone echoes
nobody cares to hear it
they'd rather listen to birds, a water fall, a 747 taking off
a wailing baby -a beaver slapping shine into the pond
nobody wants to hear the echo of alone
alone
Alone, nobody wants to kiss the mouth of alone
they'd rather kiss a bramble, a rat trap, poison ivy
a barnacled behemoth
anything but
alone
alone
Alone, nobody wants to hold the hand of alone
they'd rather hold the muddy claw of a turtle
a rake handle, their little bits or a big fat check  
but nobody wants to hold the hand of alone
alone
alone
Alone is contagious 
you might become part of the equation
expansion+ contraction = nothingness
A million friends attended your 29th birthday party
life contracts to a 79th birthday party 
sitting with 60 flickering watts and a dying cat
alone
alone
your home has become a beast called
alone-swallows you whole
doesn't leave a single bone
alone
alone
you're slapped into an old folks home
a machine takes your blood pressure ..
it reads 180 over alone 
without making eye contact
the machine slowly shakes its youthful head
leaving you alone with the echo from 29 footsteps
an alone echo
alone
nobody wants to be around alone
alone is far beyond the abyss
or a bird less sky 
alone is a contagion of creeping isolation
alone is alive!

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Beata Agustin December 24, 2018 at 9:06 AM Your poem expresses sad reality; but God be praised and thanked that He wants us to have His presence so we will never be alone. God bless you.