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