The Railway Station

Somehow you've managed to absorb, the farewells, the goodbyes
You've heard the promises we've made and known them to be lies
You've witnessed broken hearted pain
lives fated not to meet again
You've watched the young grow old and slow
You've welcomed us then let us go
You've dragged us from those we've held so tight
Observed our sad tears once out of their sight
For just an old building, you've had more than your share
Of drama and passion enacted out there.

And surely often there have been
Joyful reunions you have seen
Babies paraded by parents so proud
Excited children, voices loud
Expectations, hopeful hearts
Newly weds - a brand new start...

Intrigue too which you could tell
Secret loves and more as well,
tender smiles, illicit kisses,
Narrow escapes and near misses
Crimes of passion, anguished cries
Lost souls wandering with empty eyes
drunken stumblings, drug crazed rage
All of life on one large stage

The screech of brakes, the tannoy's drone
then finally you're all alone
From being the corridor of nations
You're just an empty railway station.

Karen Holmes
Date unknown.