Out of track

A shaky walk on the track,
locking hands,
falling back and forth,
yet holding on.

Their distances were manageable,
Until they widened.

Neither they meet,
Nor are we balancing it.

The sky is watching in solitude again,
for us to catch the next train.

© 2018 Hari Prasad S

Comments

Hari Prasad S (author) from Bangalore on November 09, 2019:

Thanks for the appreciation. You should travel. It's fun.

Rêveuse Consciente from Pakistan on November 09, 2019:

I never got a chance to travel in train but i always wanted to. Very beautiful poem.

Hari Prasad S (author) from Bangalore on January 31, 2019:

Thanks Louise for your lovely comments.

- hari

Louise Powles from Norfolk, England on January 31, 2019:

That's a lovely short poem and beautiful words. I love the picture too.

Hari Prasad S (author) from Bangalore on December 06, 2018:

Yes. That's true. Friends, siblings, family all come under the probability. It is a sad poem.

Thanks chitrangada ji :-)

- hari

Chitrangada Sharan from New Delhi, India on December 06, 2018:

Beautifully expressed poem!

Can be compared to the relationship with the siblings, or may be I would like to interpret it like this. It is somewhat sad, how the distances begin to widen, and continue to get further widened.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful poem!

SS on November 11, 2018:

Beautiful!!! Their distances were manageable, until they widened.

Reminds me of my childhood days. Thanks hari ji!!

Hari Prasad S (author) from Bangalore on November 09, 2018:

Thanks Linda. I loved crossing the tracks and walking on it as far as possible. Fun days of yesteryears.

- hari

Linda Crampton from British Columbia, Canada on November 09, 2018:

I loved exploring railway tracks and watching trains go by when I was a child. As Dawn says, thank you for bringing back the memories.

Hari Prasad S (author) from Bangalore on November 09, 2018:

Is it so? So much is so similar. Thanks Eric.

- hari

Eric Dierker from Spring Valley, CA. U.S.A. on November 09, 2018:

Hari you are just one of the best ever. This was Mary R. and I.

Hari Prasad S (author) from Bangalore on November 09, 2018:

Thanks Dawn. Yes. It's was so nostalgic fun period.

- hari

Dawn on November 09, 2018:

Sounds like something I did in my childhood. Thanks for bringing those memories back.