meeting you
i go to the station to meet you
the train stops at the buffers
passengers with suitcases and bags get off
i look through the faces for yours
the next day
i go to the station to meet you
pigeons flap into the air as the train pulls in
people step off wave to relations
light cigarettes hug loved ones
every day
i go to the station to meet you
soon from the mass of faces
i know you'll appear and smile
years pass
the station's refurbished
old trains are replaced by new ones
timetables change
still i stand on the platform
litter blows towards me
plastic bags rise from the tracks
each day
i go to the station to meet you
Photo credit is here
Andy lives, works and writes in Hull. He graduated in Law but has since had a varied career as a machine operator, bus driver and currently part time worker with Social Services. He was the founder and only member of Revegtisana (Revolutionary Vegan Tigers Supporters against Nuclear Arms)! His work has appeared in various UK magazines including Bete Noire, Tears in the Fence, Iota and The Reater and was anthologised in Old City New Rumours (edited by Carol Rumens and Ian Gregson) and The Hull Connection (edited by Peter Knaggs) both 2010. His collection ‘the mile long piano’ was published by Ragged Raven Press in 2007.
No comments:
Post a Comment