Thursday, September 15, 2011

here's looking at you,

There is an old, black
steel train
coated
with thick grey
coal.

It sits alone
unused, unloved.
The engine that
once whirred to life
is fast asleep.

The girl wears
a bright red coat
that hangs off her.
And she wonders
what it would be like
to be so deep in sleep.