Trains : 142

Nodding, nodding
The train drives along
The wheels in motion
As it creates
The nodding sensation

Nodding, nodding
The double set unit
Chases from station to station
Ferrying people
In quick succession

Nodding, nodding
Stop, start, quick, and slow
These type of trains
We're never going to be used
For these past forty years

Nodding, nodding
The local service
Dots around the countryside
Blowing horns
And weaving side to side

Nodding, nodding
Along the tracks they serve
Communities and livelihoods
Taking passengers far and wide
Long live the “nodding donkey”

Memory

It takes me back,
Back into another world.
A world of forgotten memories,
Memories come flooding back,
Back into this life of mine.
Mine is what you were to me.
Me and you driving.
Driving down memory lane.
Memory lane I remember clearly.
Clearly, but I feel fuzzy,
Fuzzy I cannot see,
See into the other world:
World of many memories.
Memories I fail to see,
See into another life,
Life taken away from me.
Me became me and you.
You left because you were scared,
Scared of a family.
Family is a big word.
A big word that wouldn't put me off.
Off into another world,
World of memory.
Memory of a different outcome.
Outcome would've still been the same;
Same me and you.
You would've pulled through,
Through into a world.
A world where you belong.
Belong to me;
Me and you; forever.
Forever in my mind,
Mindful as I sit here.
Here in an old folk's home.
Home is a million miles away.
Away in my memory;
My memory of you and me!

Scenery

I stand here watching the world

Go by in its own special way.

I think how life will seem

In years flashing by.

How happy will I be?

The birds are singing, clouds slowly passing.

The river steadily exploring

Each bank; each stone; swaying side by side.

A train speeds past getting to it’s final destination.

How lovely the world seems;

A peace! A tranquil!

Displaying today’s mood; beautiful scenery.

Walking up the hill.

One foot in front of the other.

Excited to reach the top

And see the countryside.

The best view in the world.

Lush green hills all around.

No-one for miles and miles.

The wind is still.

The world stops!

The noises sing!

A peace! A tranquil!

Displaying today’s mood; beautiful scenery.

I sit and wonder

As another train motions past,

All sorts of thoughts buzzing around

And I see great sights

Upon this beautiful scenery.

Will my thoughts come true?

Or am I just another imaginator?

Life is full of hopes and dreams.

Full of mysterious surprises.

I sit and see before me;

A peace! A tranquil!

Displaying today’s mood; beautiful scenery.

The sun shines showing the land’s glory.

A quiet undisturbed landscape.

In all the years I have achieved

And not knowing what the future lies.

Always at a crossroads.

I still sit and think

Of this day with admiration.

No disruptions or modern communication.

Of how life unfolds

And dreams come true.

A peace! A tranquil!

Displaying today’s mood; beautiful scenery.