Of Trains [I Digress]

By glasshouse



It was strangely cold
On that September day
When the rains came
And they took a mad man away
And the world will weep
When they find his soul
Stripped and stricken
By blows of
Unlucky.

And with studied abandon,
We all lose
Our trains of thought sometimes.


Taken for granted
That wells of (s)inspiration
Never quite run dry
We waited for his mind
To fly from the catapult
Aimed at knocking down
Fortresses of typical.

It’s difficult
To see quite what he means
When he says
“I'd bleed a river”
And the river only screams
To everyone
In ink running down his fingers.

And what will come of this?
When he can’t dream
This into being anymore.
When it stops seeming
Common
And becomes a little forced.
Despite it all.

We all lose
Our trains of thought sometimes.


And the world says Please,
Don’t make us lose
A conversant conductor.
On a train made for a muse.

















*you know who you are. break out the pen, mister.

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© 2007 glasshouse
Published on Thursday, September 13, 2007.     Filed under: "Tribute" and "Poetry"
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  • What Limes On Thursday, October 4, 2007, What Limes (54)By person wrote:

    wow. Hammer. Wow. makes me want to write more. reminds me of a line in HOWL, "Who were expelled from the academies for crazy, and publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull" great write.

  • A former member wrote: "And the river only screams To everyone In ink running down his fingers." So many trains, so many life tracks... sins & inspirations. We can stand forever waiting for trains, & forget why we are waiting even when the trains find our platforms, our...

  • Blinded_Tiger On Friday, September 14, 2007, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    I once asked a smart(okey smart does not cover it) little girl what eternity was. She said: "Eternity is your thoughts, becouse they just keeps going round and round". Now you will not believe me

  • Blinded_Tiger On Friday, September 14, 2007, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    when I say that she was five years old. But it is the truth, and her ability to think abstract was incredible. Okey I must have told this to everyone by now...

  • Blinded_Tiger On Friday, September 14, 2007, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    And now I forgot what point it had... *re-reads*.... Hmm love the whole thing about forcing thoughts. Ahh yes the point was that I think about the wise girl when I take my own thoughts too serius, and/or try and force them.

  • Blinded_Tiger On Friday, September 14, 2007, Blinded_Tiger (518)By person wrote:

    Yes we certainly cannot control ourself on some specific tracks... okey *head spins* got it!(I think) that is great. Clever written with the examples and all. Now I need sleep!

  • Six-Out On Friday, September 14, 2007, Six-Out (1423)By person wrote:

    Oh pssh.

  • Bella Butchery On Friday, September 14, 2007, Bella Butchery (696)By person wrote:

    devsstatingly beautiful

  • Alanarchy On Friday, September 14, 2007, Alanarchy (1168)By person wrote:

    "And with studied abandon, we all loose our trains of thought sometimes." Very, very nice.

  • sIo On Friday, September 14, 2007, sIo (898)By person wrote:

    right now i wish i had the words, but this requires a vast amount of reads and re-reads to even begin typing so much as a space on this piece....

  • sIo On Monday, October 5, 2020, sIo (898)By person wrote:

    I miss your poetry so...

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