Think about the past,
about where I have ventured.
All the misery.
That first love, was not!
Like a chain around my neck,
my soul in chains everyday.
My heart in a cell,
in a prison without walls.
Each day, agony.
Zombie in a spell.
Like a small bird in a cage,
no freedom, just a poor slave.
Love me, she did not!
Just a puppet on her chain,
for her beck and call.
Such insanity.
Respect, she had none for me.
Everything was about her.
Those days are all gone!
Now free from her treachery,
free to love once more.
I have now met love,
the one that is true to me.
She holds me close to her heart.
A second chance came,
this time there is no mistake.
This is really love.
Steven Beesley (c)
Author notes
Choka:
Is a Japanese form, deals with humanistic topics involving relationships. Choka is a long poem, each stanza is 3 lines in length and there is a syllable requirement.
The choices for the structure are: -
First, stanzas comprising 5-7-5, 5-7-7 syllables etc., second, 5-7-5, 5-7-5 syllables etc.
or
As a third, the pattern may alternate throughout the poem's length. For example 5-7-5, 5-7-7, 5-7-5 etc. or 5-7-7, 5-7-5, 5-7-7 and so on.
Written November 30th, 2005
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