Commuter-dream

Cherry

By Parson Thru

Fri, 13 Mar 2015
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11 comments
 

It drifts over neighbourhoods
across whom night has fallen

Cars waiting in lots
Buildings standing with windows lit
Work lying on benches and desks
to carry home or abandon
for the next couple of days

The train is barely noticed
Lost in background noise
with the fussing of sparrows
Its lights traversing the viaduct
as they creep into the night

From its warmth,
commuters, lost in thought
see nothing in the darkened streets
but weariness and home
And the end of another week

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Comments

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

'It' is a wonderful feeling.  beautiful, dreamlike and perfect timing - the end of a very hard week.

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thanks Philip. Hope your weekend outshines the week. Southampton Central has 4G. One more train to catch. Being stalked by platform alterations.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thank you eds for the lovely cherries. Was writing another stanza, but I'll quit while I'm ahead.

Parson Thru

Submitted by celticman on

weariness and home in the bones. Yep. Makes sense. 

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Hi celt. Which kicks off the topic: what / where is home?

Parson Thru

Submitted by hilary west on

We can feel the tiredness at the end. Great stuff !

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thank you Hilary. Very grateful. I just let the tiredness write it. My only contribution was a small edit here and there.

Parson Thru

Submitted by tibi popovici on

A commuter dream, hmmm, why not? At the end everything, not everybody, should have it's own dream. You made it so well, Parson! Really like it!

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Dreams seem to come or long whether we like it or not, tibi. Thank you. Really nice of you.

Parson Thru

Submitted by torscot on

It's been a while since I visited your tales Parsons.

A lot here I enjoyed.

torscot

Submitted by Parson Thru on

It's a privilege to read a comment like this torscot. Thank you.

Parson Thru