Missed

FredPeyer

Clutching the ticket to his heart

He sadly watched the red light

The end of the train, depart

Slowly disappearing into the night

 

He had missed the train

                             again

  • Author: Alfred Peyer (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 7th, 2017 02:47
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 39
  • User favorite of this poem: Accidental Poet.
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Comments8

  • orchidee

    Doh! Missed again. A fine write Fred. A meta-wotsit train. Oh, I can't say any words over 3 syllables. It's the sherry does it. lol.

    • FredPeyer

      Thanks Orchidee! I think I need to get some of that sherry too, since the more than 3 syllable words get me headaches!

    • Fay Slimm.

      Ooooh now this I can relate to Fred - - a missed train stands for so much in our busy lives. Great read.

      • FredPeyer

        Thank you Fay. I know it is usually a 'missed boat', but that would not have rhymed.

      • WL Schuett

        Yeah I have missed the boat on many things myself ... good write

        • FredPeyer

          Thank you WL, I guess we all have these memories of missed boats (or trains), and the accompanying 'what ifs'!

        • Accidental Poet

          I'll go with Angel's comment of the next train is on the way. Better late than never. ; )

          • FredPeyer

            Thanks AP, you are right, there is always another train (or boat). But what, if your loved one was sitting on that departing train, waiting for you? 🙂

            • Accidental Poet

              I'd tell the conductor, "Quick, catch that train". ; )

            • Louis Gibbs

              A fine metaphor of life's many missed opportunities. But yes, many more lives and many more opportunities will come along. A splendid poem, Fred!

              • FredPeyer

                Thank you Louis! One never knows, it could be a missed opportunity, or a missed disaster. Missing the train (boat) could be a good thing too!

                • Louis Gibbs

                  Absolutely! Funny how that works out sometimes ... or rather, how our guides and angels see to it.

                • 2 more comments

                • malubotelho

                  How many times I've missed that train.
                  Nice write Fred. Sometimes to miss the train is your best luck.

                  • FredPeyer

                    Thank you Malu! You are so right. See the comments between Louis and I above!

                  • MendedFences27

                    I sense there was someone on that train he wanted to meet.What with "ticket to his heart," and all. Or was it just a symbolic train (of love) that he missed and it will never return. A lot said in 5 lines and a lot of choices to be made. Good poetry. - Phil A.

                    • FredPeyer

                      Thanks for reading and your great comment!
                      I wanted to leave it wide open for the reader to see whatever they wanted to see in the poem. Could be a missed love, or simply a missed opportunity of some other kind. It is a fact of life that sometimes we miss the boat (or train) and somehow have to come to terms with it. If it happens again and again, maybe we have to re-evaluate our willingness to step into something new or different. Or maybe it is better for us to stick with what we know.
                      I do appreciate you thinking about it, that after all is the whole point of poetry.

                    • Goldfinch60

                      We often miss trains in our life but we must always remember that another one will soon be coming. Good write.

                      • FredPeyer

                        Thanks Goldfinch! But if the next train does not go to the same destination? What then? 🙂

                        • Goldfinch60

                          We get on it and try something new, the unknown may surprise us.



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