“The Train” (6/16/2023 Tom Entrican)
It beacons you with pretty dreams all stirred in with the lies
The journey of a lifetime filled with everything you need
Be sure to savor all of it for you see this journey flies
You cannot fix it once it’s broke, the wounds for which it feeds
The light and dark both beautiful, yet one of them deceives
The passenger that you become determines all your pain
No matter what the dream may offer you will not believe
The consequences of your choice when you board the train
Oh, you can smile and have some fun, but wary you should be
For every darkened corner offers horror in the end
The journey gives everything the greedy eye can see
Those who hide where there’s no light, will gladly help you bend
So little do they understand while following the path
Like lost disheveled children playing in the cold and rain
Running just like minions out of fear of someone’s wrath
Then pack their bags for misery, tonight they board the train
We’re promised wings and better things if we choose the light
For who looks darkness in the eye and ever lives to tell
While an open grave awaits so many who refuse to fight
The urge to live in darkness, this place where they must dwell
To be among the best of what the Master does create
Where sadness has no foothold and absent is the pain
So one side or the other, either way you seal your fate
But I will be there in His light when I board the train