The Traveling
I took a train ride a couple of days ago...the first time I've traveled the rails in years...
The wheels move in metal beneath us,
Gyrating, rhythmic, lulling,
Relentless percussions of time.
Whether stranger or friend
There is a homing, here,
In fullness and form.
Traveling the rails
We wear our stories in silent, fragile cocoons,
Swaddled safe amid the rocking sways of an iron cradle.
Anonymous fragments of life
Hurtle past and disappear into others --
Leaving here, becoming there.
Autumn's hues of daylight, earth and fire
Dazzle the eye.
Careening, plunging forward,
We thrust into a storm that rages soundless.
Giant fireflies illuminate a sky of woolen gray.
Too soon, night envelopes us.
Windows become mirrors,
Measures of distance vanish
In vibrations and shadows.
I bow my head as a nudging of sleep beckons
And wonder....
Can anyone see the beauty, the promise of us?
Arriving, lingering, departing,
We are as remnants of the rain --
Liquid stars clinging to the glass
And the dreams that lay beyond.
Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire (Becoming)
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