FredPeyer

Platform Four

Platform four at the train station

Hope and regret mingling with

Adventure and acceptance

Sadness and happiness

Love and hate

Permeating the platform

Hovering unseen

In the air like perfumes

Of feelings and emotions

 

The mascara streaked face

Of the young woman

Holding back the tears

Clutching her suitcase

Trying to look nonchalante

Running away from

A broken relationship

 

The young college student

Barely able to contain

The excitement of finally

Being on his own

Away from the restraints

Of parents and family

To be free

 

The bent over back

Of the old man holding

The urn with the ashes

Of his departed wife

To be scattered according

To her last wishes

At her birth place

 

The young girl

Holding on to the hand

Of her forlorn looking dad

Sad, yet happy

To travel back to

Her divorced mother

Every other week

 

Platform four

A snapshot of humanity

Of life’s successes and disappointments

Of wins and losses

Of relationships and solitude

Only visible to the

Eye of a keen observer