Board the train, like anytime
Sit and watch the world go by

Today a car dodged a gate
Trusting to the whim of fate

Gamble taken, dice were thrown
An unknown person lost their life
Someone's family, husband, lover, wife...?

Off the train, a limbo crowd
Nowhere to go, elsewhere to be

All concerned with affairs their own
Inconvenienced, frustrated, and annoyed

Me?  Reflecting I climbed a tree, I think and mourn
I saw the paramedics walk away
Cycle, circle, ending chapter of a life

Today is just another day
I wish had gone a different way