Last Train Home
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Trains pass me by
Windows show scenes
From life of others-
Perhaps mine;
Of what could have been
And what has been-
Now,
And in between
These distances
The visible wall
The fading light
The cold love
The harsh words;
It was all too much
To take
I needed to breathe
I needed a break.
So I ran away.
But I want to look
Through the window
At what I want from me
And what I want with you
A heart
A home
I dream
Of never being alone
But the windows are closed
The doors are jammed
The track is wonky
The train is packed
The whistles have been blown
The flags have fluttered
Alone I will roam
With no where to run
for I missed the last train,
Last train home.
(18 June, 2008)
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This last para is good
“But the windows are closed
The doors are jammed
The track is wonky
The train is packed
The whistles have been blown
The flags have fluttered
Alone I will roam
With no where to run
for I missed the last train,
Last train home.”