It has been over a year since I last contributed to the Monday Poetry Train. I have written this piece on the theme of rejoining the train. It includes some memories of India Rail journies that came as I wrote it. Please do add on your own “thought carriages” in the comments.
Hitching up to the train again;
a gypsy carriage, bright flowers adorn the sides
a dog sits on the back porch, watching the world fly by
inside, a quiet old man contemplates the word.
Hitching up to the train again;
putting time aside each day
to write, to rite, to right the wrong,
no wrong time to write.
Hitching up to the train again;
to see where it will go
into what new lands of imagination
will this journey take us?
Hitching up to the train again;
2nd class sleeper, crammed to overflowing
a man sells massages for 10 rupees
skinny white guy gets pummelled to everyones’ amusement.
Hitching up to the train again;
heat penetrates the carriage from every side
stiffling all conversation and activity
the oven is on the outside.
Hitching up to the train again;
1st class sleeper
family ignores the foreign presence
girl begs for money at the window, left over meal highlights her day.
Come on and hitch up to the train again!
Lets go along for the ride
Leave the comfort of this go-nowhere-fast life
And see what is around the corner.
Yes, let us take the trip again on this new year! Wonderful thoughts!
By: Strummed Words on January 3, 2011
at 4:24 pm
All the things that lurk around that corner!!!! the possibilities and the fright!!! Just a simple ride away…to your future
At least thats what I took from it lol Wonderful piece.
By: Nunee on January 4, 2011
at 5:53 am
Your train ride sounds like such an adventure, not like the boring ones I’m used to here where everyone has a stoney face & their heads are all buried in Blackberries, IPads or whatever the new gadget is at this very second.
Hope to see you at Monday Poetry Train Revisited on 16 May 2011.
By: Andy on May 16, 2011
at 3:07 am