mystery train

Posted on October 25, 2021 by AnElephantCant
artwork by phil burns

mystery train

you tell me I can sail
on the Marie Celeste
along the Milky Way
and scrawl my poems
on Orion’s Belt
if I just believe
in you

you tell me I can ride
on the mystery train
through the icy rings of Saturn
or sing my songs
on Martian heights
if I just believe
in you

but I don’t hear you
any more
though you’re still persuading me
I know

I don’t believe
in your soft warm tongue
or your words
from long ago

and most of all
my love my life
I don’t believe
in you

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To hear the poet read his words please visit:
https://ceayr.com/2021/10/24/mystery-train/

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