light
from the lit windows
of the hurrying train
streams out
and instantly disappears
into the darkening landscape
through which I travel
I do now know
where it goes
what scene it may
happen to illuminate
sometimes
when we stop at a station
pass a town
or a row of cars
waiting at the crossing
we are receivers
of the light of others
so we speed through the world
receiving some
and sending flickers of light
into space
to unknown destinations
* * *
Sep 17, 2015
Sep 17, 2015 at 7:23 PM UTC
light
from the lit windows
of the hurrying train
streams out
and instantly disappears
into the darkening landscape
through which I travel
I do now know
where it goes
what scene it may
happen to illuminate
sometimes
when we stop at a station
pass a town
or a row of cars
waiting at the crossing
we are receivers
of the light of others
so we speed through the world
receiving some
and sending flickers of light
into space
to unknown destinations
* * *
