Lonely Choka Poems

As day progresses,
her spirits begin to sink 
as if on command.

When did it begin,
this feeling of listlessness,
of being useless?

Not so long ago,
her days were filled...

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time

time is a lonely
roadblock on the path of life
directly in dead center
not to be passed by
without respect for changes
in the nature of its face

time-a mighty...

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Lighthouse calls to all
Passing ships on the night waves;
They speak without human voice.
In past centuries,
It once needed humans for
Completing its only task;
Now lonely lighthouse
Cries out...

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She glows bright across the sea;
Night siren calling to ships;
Her voice rides the ocean air;
She’s a life saver.

Once her kind needed man’s help;
Now automation rules...

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As I look in your eye's I feel loneliness inside
as I walk on by you said how can I just leave
with out saying good bye....

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So, I just sit here,
waiting for you to defeat
the oblivion

and again, at last,
remember where you left me  
like a forgotten 

toy from your childhood,
and...

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you won't know my pain
     when silent tears mix with rain
          get...

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We are in bad times
Army of violent clouds
Clashing fiercely in the sky
             ...

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Saturday night
October 17, 2015
9:27 p.m.
Kansas City, Mo
Stephen Becker pen name Brian Stoaks



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For my dear alien friend: 

Old memories are often like wonderful songs we wish to play over and over but sometimes we lose the cd....

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Rains for the third day
Non-stop. This road we travel
Is a cold panic.

A scattered glimmer
From far draws up as a ship,
Passes as a truck. 

There is...

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Weeping Willow weeps,
streams capturing the souls of life.
Raw, dark, lonely, no escape,
deer visit mostly.
People stop by all the time,
bearing flowers to give out.

Crying sadness,
yearning for...

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Dusk settles the day
And chores, like shadows recede
While silence clings to bare walls
Abandoned Cane chair  
Embraces the lonely hours
As a long night comes creeping

~*~
For:...

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Anxiety chokes thought
Hearing murmurs of a chair
In a shadowed room
Some glimmers of secrecy
Hankers in this lonely end? 


For Rick Praise's contest:” Chair in a shadowed...

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Tap, Tap, Tap 


Tiny scruffy shoes
Awaiting small waiflike feet.
Pining to explore.
Tattered from walking,
Adoring the exploring.
Providing comfort.
Two lonely black shoes
Amusing both days and nights.
Praying for delight.
Tiny...

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