Right Track, Wrong Train
I'm suddenly going nowhere;
boarding a train that could eventually fly,
but risking everything;
traveling standby.
Sitting at the station,
you open a seat for me;
and then a crucial choice...
So, I sit for a while,
and you make me smile,
but you are from one world,
and I another,
and I think
'No Way!'
I'm still going to board--
Until someone dims the light,
and I realize how much
I could see
if I open my eyes
as I stare into yours,
and my brain screams, "No!"
but my heart melts,
and I clench my ticket,
and realize my entire life's course
rides with the toot of that horn.
Do I let it pass?
November 12, 1994
boarding a train that could eventually fly,
but risking everything;
traveling standby.
Sitting at the station,
you open a seat for me;
and then a crucial choice...
So, I sit for a while,
and you make me smile,
but you are from one world,
and I another,
and I think
'No Way!'
I'm still going to board--
Until someone dims the light,
and I realize how much
I could see
if I open my eyes
as I stare into yours,
and my brain screams, "No!"
but my heart melts,
and I clench my ticket,
and realize my entire life's course
rides with the toot of that horn.
Do I let it pass?
November 12, 1994
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