Second chance. (Choka)

Second chance:

Think about the past,
about where I 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)

Choka:

Is a Japanese poetry form, a long poem. The Choka deals with humanistic topics involving relationships. Each stanza is 3 lines in length and there is a syllable requirement.

The choices for the structure are: -

First stanzas comprising 5-7-7, 5-7-7 syllables etc., second 5-7-5, 5-7-5 syllables etc.

or

As a third choice, 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.