Train-encounter

Coolparadiso

fawm 26

The train is late again
Im shivering on the platform
ten minutes of numbing cold
Its Pretty much the norm

I jump on aboard the train
Clumsily sit on down
Its An hour of boredom
Before we reach the town

I look across and see her
With her earl grey smile
Just too much lipstick
Been on for quiet a while

She looks like a Sophie
In sensible brown shoes
A pair that is used to
Standing in long queues

Ive never met you
But i know you oh so well
I can tell from one quick look
The world in which you dwell

Reading the papers stories
Tomorrows throw away news
A look of some expectance
No hiding from the blues

Checks to see who’s watching
Seeing what mark shes made
A sneer at a loving couple
Like a lover once betrayed

A metal shriek a slowing down
under the skies so grey
The platform 4 to our left
doors open on the day

She tuts, picks up her bag
Bins a sandwich wrapper
Sways into the distance
Like an auditioning actor.

Ive never met you
But i know you oh so well
I can tell from one quick look
The world in which you dwell

I can tell from one quick look
The world in which you dwell