Lonely Rispetto Poems

When stars ascend and illuminate moonlight,
he sits in the midst of childhood confusion,
bricks in ruby quartz, shape pearl-face of twilight,
crafting a castle from artistic vision
where...

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Happiness eludes you when you feel lonely,
overcome by depression and self-pity.
You want to fit into your new life, except,
you're all alone in an uncaring city.
You...

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Suppose all around you suddenly vanished,
And you realized you were standing alone
In the twilight of your years feeling banished
Like a pilot-less, rudder-less, helpless drone.
You knew...

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She stays in her room, scanning the internet,
searching all the dating sites for her soulmate.
And chatting up cyber friends she's never met;
it keeps her busy...

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He's a scared, shivering, sad and lonely soul,
today's version of a disposable man.
Panhandling on cold city streets takes its toll,   
and he's devolved...

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Sitting on this bed, is large enough
Me to him, hands frantically talking
On paper, he replies: “It’s rough,
I won’t deny. One day you’re walking”.
Angry shrug, hah!...

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City streets spew fire on sunburnt July day.
Dabbing sweat from brow, I meld into paved sea. 
Mick cries out "Angie" from quaint corner café;
slowing steps,...

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I carried my heart far from home on a quest
for love. Feeling like a well gone dry, I yearned
to fill an emptiness and rambled to...

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Loving to all around her, happy with life
She started to change, slowly at first you see
It was painful to see the sadness, her strife
She wanted...

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The darkness of the night and the depths inside
Is clipped by the glare of the soulless dim moon
Slicing through the water, breaking off the tide
A...

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The sky’s cloudy and dark, seemingly dismal
I’m in a field of high weeds and a lone tree
There is a windmill nearby moving forceful
The wind is...

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I slowly walk on a cold road all alone
Sky is a misty white with the full moon out
Its freezing, my fingers are cold to the...

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Poe's darkness calls to such as I, an ember,
a velvet covered wing chair's grasp on dark nights.
I seek the maudlin moan of his December
to nurse...

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Called by the Spirit, creator of all things,

Protector of Life, Healer, The Peoples Guide.

Freeing the Soul with drumbeats, the Shaman sings,

Traveling other worlds, where secrets...

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   "Nightengale Sonata"


lonely nightengale sings with delight at night
through misty shadows, melody is drifting
a minstrel chant creates a soul-searching insight
in darkness, this siren...

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