Distant Train

Distant Train

A heightened sense of reverie,

The day before vacation,

Christmas Eve Eve,

This world not next,

Can’t you hear it?

A moment of expectation,

The imagined and the unimagined,

Dreams built,

Hopes soars,

A new day,

Filled with every adventure known,

And, unknown…

I hear the distant train,

It’s coming,

It haunts my soul with anticipation,

My baggage in hand,

I step up,

The conductor calls, “All Aboard!”

I feel the rush,

Of all things possible!

Peter Lowell Paulson

June 4, 2014