I remember the train, but 
I have long forgotten the station 
It used to travel to. 
What stayed with me 
Were the faces in the aisle 
Once strangers, turned friends 
The laughs and stories shared 
And seldom the wisdom of the gray framed 
That happened to sit by. 
In the rush of the morn 
And the spark of the dusk, 
The train just carried me 
But it was the company 
That made the journey 
Worth moving through.
1 September 2025