Dear all,
Welcome to the station, a place of joy and sadness, missed connections, watching time fly. Perhaps we can all relate to the traveller, a foundation of sand, forever saying goodbye.
I hope you enjoy this short "mini set" accompanied with some images I hope enhance the poems. Make a connection, leave a comment, follow the thread.
The
Allure of the station
In
pursuit of perfection
Beguiled by the tattoo
I
watch you running.
Conflating
Fantasies
With
love and a future
My
heart misses a beat.
You
board your train.
The
allure of the station
Fleeting
erotica
Missing
connections
Watching
time fly.
My
Five a Day
Fell
in love five times today.
I
am ahead of schedule.
Only
sixteen more times
For
an average week.
We
board a carriage
At
the same time.
Different
destinations.
Missed
my Train
Looking
at the
Profile
of a corpulent man.
He
isn’t waiting for
Anything
in particular.
His
freckly daughter
Pulls
pints
For
customers
At
the buffet bar.
I
feign disinterest,
Fall
at the first hurdle.
If
you beckon
I
will leave it all.
Perhaps
a third of my age;
I
wake up, miss my train.
Watching
You Leave
Summer
timetable migrant
A
swallow on wing
Rides
a shimmering heat haze
Pauses
under my eaves.
A
rush hour romance
But
no time to build nests.
I'm
a travel correspondent
You
a brief interlude.
Halved
We
could have watched butterflies
Spent
an hour on the wing
Shared
different perspectives
But
it wasn’t to be.
All This without You
Timetables
And
connections.
A
few moments spent
Along
different lines.
You’re
leaving
Aren’t
you?
How
I wish
You
could stay.
The
cruel
Whistle
blows
My
heart
Wastes
away.
Like Fields of Poppies
Your
lips red like a poppy.
My
heart crash lands
On
crimson petals.
Never
coming home.
Sat Looking At You
The
thought suddenly strikes me
Time
has called time.
I
have become too reticent
To
make the first move.
An
ageing irrelevance.
Now
letting you go.
It
was not my intention
To
fall in love yet again.
I
have grown tired
Of
heightened emotions
But
your beauty dictates
And
I must react.
Making me late
The Swallow Has Gone
Desire
trumps
Will
power.
The
curve of your shoulder
A
fork in my road.
Making me late
I’ll
catch the next train
That
way I can look at you
For
a little longer
And
dream
As
only a lover can.
Beauty
is a callous thing.
The Swallow Has Gone
An
Empty Chair.
The
waiting room
Barren
without you.
You
left some rubbish
On
a table
But
made your connection.
I
tidied up after you.
Carefully
placed my heart
In
a clear cellophane bag.
Mark
Harris has asserted his right under
Section
77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
To
be identified as the author of this work.