#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 282, 7/26/22, #THEMEPROMPTWELCOME TO TANKA

 Harmony selected this month’s theme as
“The Longest Day”

I have written an Alouette, created by Jan Turner It consists of two or more stanzas of 6 lines each, (12 lines or more)with the following set rules:
Syllabic: 5/5/7/5/5/7 and
Rhyme Scheme:  aabccb.
This Alouette is about that long day when you forget everything to Shake hands with that stranger inside.

That Longest Day

always in a crowd
silent and cowed
I walked road unknown
not afraid of protocol
just to be me enthrallls 
myself truly shone 

one day I was my friend
a pretence none to defend
lost myself in myself
time stood still
endless miles to kill
surreal sojourn to self

day sun never set
golden trail's dragnet
cast on soul's starry expanse
caught me untried catch-
a huge cache unmatched
of finding that inner stance

Via: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2022/07/26/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-282-7-26-22-themeprompt/?amp=1