The Stranger on the Train

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    The Stranger on the Train

    I looked for an answer, when I quit crying,
    About why you left me, and instead of dying,
    I met a stranger on the way to Alaska
    Where I was going
    Since I had not been there before.
    I'm feeling sad, I said, I've been betrayed.
    First time it happened?, he inquired.
    No, I replied.
    Then I stayed by his side for miles,
    Thinking of when I'd been blue before,
    And I'd gotten over it.
    When I arrived in Alaska, I remembered his words,
    The stranger who detrained in Seattle.
    I turned around and thought, instead of crying,
    That no matter how sad I'd been yesterday,
    I'd been given a gift along the way.
    I returned home thinking,
    Instead of crying.
    I'm really over you.
    Thanks to the stranger on the train    .

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    Shyne09 commented on The Stranger on the Train

    09-24-2009

    I think this poem is really a good "food for thought' kind of poem. Nice!!
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    Artistpoet

    09/25/2009

    Thank you very much for your comment, Shyne09.

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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