Tears Run Down

By Lorraine Grund Last updated Jan 2, 2022

Fate comes barreling down the tracks
an express train
rattling and whistling
better get in the way
or you can’t get on

and what is unlucky
but the opposite of fortunate

may make you feel life is precious
makes us realize
the empty track goes on too long

the time between
that fateful express and the next one
is way too short

does anyone have time to see
how the stars hang so close to us tonight

our tears run down
the rain drowns out the engines’ rattling
fading away in the distance.

Poetic Prose

Lorraine Grund

I grew up in upstate New York, traveled to the southeast states after H.S., returned to NY and graduated from SUNY Oneonta. I taught English and English as a Second Language on the border of Texas and Mexico for eight years, had a child, and earned my Master’s of Fine Arts at UT El Paso. I have been living in my hometown in NY again for seven years with my 14-year-old daughter, teaching public school or college alternately. I am presently teaching at Schenectady County Community College and have been concentrating on my writing during the vacations. A collection of poetry, part of a series of books, Poetry is Life is expected to be published within the year.

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2 Comments

Starfire1712 says 12 years ago
Great writing…i was once told to imagine i was on a railway track..heading from south to north…i changed it to that of being on a ladder..heading from the bottom to the top..the rungs being the sleepers..the sides of the ladder being the rails..but instead of being derailed we sometimes may fall off…instead of going off into sidings or being delayed..we sometimes stop or go down the ladder of life…
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Frances Ayers says 12 years ago
yes fate often passes us by too quickly.Great poem and metaphor!
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