Train | Shilpa Desawale

I hear the train coming,
with noisy sound like a frightening thunder,
coming to swallow me over.

The sky appears just still,
completely unbothered.

I feel left out and alone,
as if it has betrayed me.

I just want to run away,
but cant afford to lose money I spent on my ticket.

Why doesn’t it rain,
and flood the whole station,
I realize am too old to fantasize,
that kind of escapes.

The train still hasn’t come,
I relish every second of respite,
and admire the amazing coward inside.

Minutes pass and nothing happens,
the sound has stopped and train didn’t come,
why do i still feel left out ?

Author : Shilpa Desawale 

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4 responses to “Train | Shilpa Desawale”

  1. Reena Avatar
    Reena

    Superb poem.One lives every line of it.

  2. Emani Venkatesh Avatar
    Emani Venkatesh

    Is the sky a metaphor for the world outside, unkind and uncaring? Is your reluctance, and the secret feeling of respite at the train’s non arrival, an inability to face an unpleasant situation at the end of the journey?
    A good poem, simple, yet full of feeling.

  3. Harish Mahuvakar Avatar
    Harish Mahuvakar

    simple yet touchy piece. it’s every ones’ feeling. we are surrounded by lots of people and things and yet alone. you have wonderfully expressed depression of common people

  4. Harish Mahuvakar Avatar
    Harish Mahuvakar

    very simple yet a touchy piece. we are alone though surrounded by many people and things. you have wonderfully expressed common people’s depression lying at heart.

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