Freight Train

Once upon a time I was a freight train crashing in the dark

You were the woodland scene that I passed by, wishing I had stopped to think

But too late now for me or you

And all will crash and burn

But sometime I will see the truth

And a bitter lesson will I learn

 

Train crashes in the ocean water gleaming bright

Sirens sound and flashes blue and red and white

The sounds of night fade to fire and my heart cries out “Past oh why?”

Past calls back “You brought me dear.” And all strength begins to die.

Train sinks down into a sea of black, the air all pressed and strained.

And all the sights the sounds the stars are veiled as I keep my soul constrained.
My voice is silent stiff and still and the water crashes down.

My hopes and thoughts all fleeting, gone and so much for renown.

 

Train settles deftly down the bottom of the sea.

And all the voices hopes and dreams sink silent now within me.

The day is done and you are gone and never will I know.

What all might have been what might have done had I refused to go.