Love walked alone
With a companion of the Self
That wore a heart of pain
In a name, a vacant horizon
Without a descendant line
Love walked alone
Accosted by harsh individualism
Autonomy became an exaggeration
Of running strong without limitation
Love walked alone
With no common goods
Of things to trade from the heart
Life became an anonymous journey
With a lonely middle without reward.
Wuji, you have captured the spirit of loneliness…i feel the pain of it all……powerfully written!
Thanks! I guess it’s an issue of our times, I know many people who remain single, while the majority of their peers are domesticating.
This was sad, but I could strangely identify with it. I especially liked the line, “Love walked alone
Accosted by harsh individualism”
Yes city life as it stands now to me is too far to the yang extreme of individualism and it’s not sustainable for happiness. Via evolution we are primed to find happiness in the tribe, which we no longer have access to unless we are lucky.
“Love walked alone” has such a great rhythm to it…it made me think actually of those who are together and still they feel so alone…eloquent and touching =)
Yes it was one of my more simplistic and easy to read poems, I don’t rhyme so my rhythm is usually quite awkward since I’m wordy.