"I awaited a letter..."

I awaited a letter. You didn’t write.

I had a vision that a train had taken you.

It sighed once as it vanished from sight.

You were asleep and it didn’t waken you.

The elastic platform stretched far behind,

Then, like a leopard, it leapt for the train.

If you could look back, I’m certain, you’d find

Nothing remained, but a grimace of pain.