"Soul Train"

You made a list.
What should I bring?

I watched as you went
Away on
That train –

My tears waving, your face
Peering through
Dim, clouded glass.

Give me at least
One smile – one wave
Goodbye
One look to say
"You're on my mind"

Packed your soul in a
Suitcase,
Your favorite shoes in a
Bag – got your rum and your
Coke and your love
In a sack – whispering to you
As you pull away … did we forget anything?

Yet as black smoke
Rounds the corner,
I meet our memories
By the track
Please come back.

My face, my truth
I think you forgot to pack us too.

.For the dust has cleared
The train – has vanished.
Searching for
Last words, what I meant to say –
Feeling…ended

Realizing, as my loneliness croons

That who I was bought a
Ticket and is riding
In you.