Train To Nowhere

Train in England with Lake Country hills in the background.

Train To Nowhere

2/22/10

Talking with a buddy

about another friend's plight

thinking only by grace

do I go well,

yet there are differences

as he won't budge

from addictions and patterns

that don't affirm life,

unwilling to self actualize

and create new reality

he blames and denies,

cannot get over hump

of ingrained apathetic inertia

cultivated by television mentality,

being a compliant observer

sedated by smoking pot,

cigarettes, an inactive body,

while age creeps relentlessly,

in essence I'm same,

running various mental routines,

growing older, future uncertain,

no guarantee I'll stand

much longer than anyone

because of fickle life,

not knowing accumulative effect

my past experiences generate

though I can influence,

courageously, rails to ride

on train to nowhere.