Thursday, January 24, 2019

The Train


Day before, on evenings, miles are booked,

Eyes to gaze the unknown, mind to outlook;


Separated what from roads, haze & mountains,

And from fields lying barren or planted grains;


Where valleys beneath or bridges nudged by sea,

Chasing bricks piercing sky or dung enwreathed shanties;


Where board some, some alight, every few hundred miles,

Joyous are to traverse many, but few also with plight;


Where a glass sheathed windows at night reflect & hide,

And as midnight silence crawls, trails tracks with light;


Where sporadically, breeze stir flesh with flashing passing shades,

Instances are when exited in between to explore, concluded journey with breaks;    


Knowing when it takes decades to learn a ‘single’ land; then why flow?

But even though facets wouldn't be discerned; it’s adventitious to know;  


With numerous terminus seen & crossed, more to go,

As days before what’s planned, is never for back & forth.

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2019