My train winds through a cavern of silence—
a tunnel carved from doubt and dusk.
This is only a phase,
but it feels endless.
At each station, someone boards.
Strangers. Friends. Faces I once trusted.
Some stay for a while,
some leave too soon—
passengers, not meant for the whole journey.
But not all who ride are kind.
Some wear masks of flesh,
but move like ghosts—
zombies with eyes that pierce,
not see.
They don’t ask who I am.
They tell me who I should be.
"You're too much."
"You're not enough."
"Be like us."
Their words are weapons:
criticism,
comparison,
judgment sharp as bone.
They tried to wound me
with their version of truth.
And yes, I bled.
But I did not break.
They got off—
just as quietly as they came.
Left behind their echoes,
but not their power.
And I remained.
Human.
Moving forward.
Because this train is mine—
my life, my path.
And every stop,
every scar,
is proof I kept going.
I reached my station—
not perfect, but free.
Not whole, but real.
Scarred, but alive.
This poem uses the metaphor of a train journey to represent the poet's life. The train passes through a dark cave, symbolizing a difficult phase. At different stations, representing moments in life, people enter and exit the train, just as people come and go in real life. Some of these passengers are like zombies: judgmental and emotionally lifeless, trying to impose their harsh standards through criticism and comparison. Though their words caused pain and left emotional scars, the poet survives, stays true to themselves, and ultimately reaches their destination, wounded but still human, still moving forward.