Coursework - Poetry 100del

The Right Track

I love watching the trains go past,

At the speed of light,

they whiz by so fast,

I have this desire that I can’t repress,

Who will clean up my sanguinary mess?

“Everybody please stand back!”

Something about the way he said that,

My heart beating as fast as the thoughts rushing to my head.

I can almost feel the electricity from the tracks,

Now there’s no turning back.

I can hear it coming,

I feel it in my bones,

Everyone is oblivious, nobody knows…

“The 18:44 train on platform 2 is now delayed,

Due to someone falling in front of the train.

We apologise profusely for this delay.”

Lang Leav

A poet once said that heartbreak is hearing

Every goodbye you’ve ever heard all at once.

But it’s more like a dagger in your heart,

Twist the knife, tear me apart.

Walk away; or throw away my pieces,

You wouldn’t be the first to leave here bleeding.

Good-night Gramps

Keep a place for me.

He squeezed my hands 3 times, to say I love you.

I knew he was slipping away, but I was unprepared for this day.

I was watching him gently slip away,

Thinking please stay.

Please don’t go, I beg.

Keep a place for me, he said.

I squeezed his hand three more times, just to say I love you.

That’s when the beeping starts, it’s all over, he’s gone

But here comes the shooting pain in my heart,

Why is god so cruel?

That’s when I wake up,

It’s all a dream,

And I sigh and tell myself, “You never got to say goodbye, you fool.”