Uncaring World

Click. Clack.

I find solace in the sound

of the train’s steady rhythm

Feel it echo the pounding

of my grief-stricken heart

Let it envelop me,

Surround me

With its steady, dependable

Click. Clack.

I forget the cares

of the world beyond my mind

Lose myself in the beating

of the train’s heart

Feel it lift me,

Uplift me,

Above the cares

of an uncaring world.

Click. Clack.

I am jarred by the slowing

of the steady beat

Sink down into the prison

of my fragmented mind

Return to the sensations

of life, living.

Click.

Clack.

I open the lids

of my swollen, tear-streaked eyes

Feel the uneasy pull

of inertia as the train stops

And, numb, exit the train

to the tumult

and cares

of an uncaring world.