Boarded the train, Departing from deserted
Station in the dark fearful rain.
'A seat by a window please'
He whispers to his own insanity.
A table to place my strained
sense of humanity.
A cup of tea, to remind me
of loves heat on my cold lips.
Love he had lost
like a newspaper left on a station seat
Not today, he whispers internally.
As the man sits opposite.
Lights blinking through
the otherwise empty carriage.
"Ahh young man, it's a cold dark night.
Savage, ravaging the bones.
Would you be shivering
in doubt, anger or fear, perhaps?
It's okay. I'm just here to share the journey,
helps time elapse.
I wonder do you have any regrets?"
'Lots' his voice slipped
as he sipped his hot tea.
The flickering light made shadow fingers grasp
gloomily over the surfaces.
'Decorative' he thinks.
Blinks and returns to his warm drink.
'Is the journey long?' He asks the man.
"They say it is endless, but I've been here
many times, and it always seems the same.
You are just getting comfy, and then
the destination looms from the wretched rain.
Are you in any pain?"
'Why would I be?' I ask,
not really wanting an answer to why.
A tear drops,
falling from his eye
The carriage trundles through grim countryside.
sleepily seeing his reflection smearing the windows,
gold lined with silk cloth curtains,
he thinks he sees forever unwind,
or was it just lightning
blaring across the night sky.
"When we get there
I will guide you the way to go"
The man spoke, the words
didn't make much sense,
how did he know
where I was going?
A tunnel. Darkness.
Flickering shadows.
Gasps, echoes.
Memories.
Tears, screams.
"It's coming back to you now.
The fear, pain and anger will subside,
just a part of this journey we ride"
The light broke through,
and he saw the man. Truly saw him.
The bony physique, the pale face
with eyes sunk too deep,
the scythe hanging just beside
The last memory I had...
That last leap to the other side.
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