Mortem | 9. The Train



 The Train

The train awaits me to delightly hop on

for a journey that will last till dawn.

In the morning you greet and cover me,

my heart beats, I am weak at the knees.


We shouldn’t be afraid to die,

but to die without living.


Till I step out, it feels as if it’s a dream,

The sun’s not helping, I need to blow off steam.

Clearly, the ground beneath us is shaking,

I hope I am not making it obvious, darling.

A miracle the day was, gifted by you,

We leaned and talked, our spirits grew.

3 minutes, hours, and days later,

Everything I said became greater.


We shouldn’t be afraid to die,

but to die without living.


Sometimes, you were the green gloves

that I needed during the cold dark

of within.

Sometimes, a medicine that happened

to fill my heart.

Sometimes, a song reminded me that

someone was waiting on the horizon.

The question remained as magnificent

as it ever was

since the day I asked “Where is her head?”

Perhaps elsewhere, perhaps on my knees.

Yet, you were the cherry blossom

ever ready to blossom anew.

Where Laura painted the circles,

you gifted worlds within worlds

and thus, I envisioned

you.

Alas, I am become a ghoul of hopeless souls incarnate.

Day 9 - July 2, 2023

Everyone scratches some words into the walls of their heart when they are young.


What turns us into poets is the fact that we keep writing.

Even in death.

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