Railroad Tracks

As I walk on the rocks down the railroad tracks,

I look up at the scattered sparks of light in the night time sky.

I think about my unfortunate life;

like a little recape of all the past tragedies I had been through.

Tears in my eyes;

Yet I feel an overwhelming amount of calmness flooding my body.

I stop frozen..

Then slowly lie down.

Recently on the news I heard someone passed away from getting hit by the light rail train.

He had his head phones in while walking in the middle of the tracks.

He probably didn't hear the train coming, and before he knew it...

His journey was over.

I wonder if he was happy before his life was cut short...

I hope so.

While I am here tired & sad laying on these railroad tracks in a calm silence.

Maybe a train will come?

I hoped.

As I lay in my own self pity a white bunny hops up to me.

I look around while getting myself up off the dirt, and start to walk back the way I came.

I sing a sweet song for the bunny who is now following me.

I hear a loud CHOO-CHOO behind me.

I look back, and from afar I see a light from a train.

As it get's closer the tracks start to shake around me.

I move left off the tracks.

The train passes loudly.

When it does I look around for the white rabbit,

but when I looked it was gone.

I walk back home with tears filling my eyes.

Several months pass.

I'm at the light rail stop.

I see an older woman looking at a memorial set up for a young man.

She is in tears, and sobbing.

I walk up to her say "I'm sorry.", and give her a hug which she accepted.

She kept saying hysterically "IT'S NOT RIGHT, IT'S NOT RIGHT.".

I simply said "I know." while continuing holding her.