Mother Nature rushes on past
As i stare mindlessly out the train window.
Her shades of green dance a brisk waltz before my eyes
Moving to the rhythm of steel on steel under my feet.

Which ever direction i turn, all i see are
Rows and rows of Nature's offspring,
Reaching out for the Sun's embrace,
Disappearing as quickly as they appear,
Like my thoughts,
Playing games of hide and seek with my mind.

For a second i thought i caught a glimpse
Of my own eyes staring back at me
From the envy-colored scenery...
Same dark hazel gaze, same fading twinkle,
Same broken fantasies of true love.

Is it my life i see passing me by
Among the rustling whispers of the forest?

The train, it never turns back;
It rides on and on
Just like the years that come and go,
Each leaving me with yet
Another page unturned in my book of regrets,
Another one ripped out of my diary of dreams.

Why must i keep on travelling down these tracks
On my way to nowhere?
Could it be that there is someone
Somewhere in a far-off station,
Leading me forth,
Calling me over,
Waiting for me?

Where am i going at this god-awful speed?
Am i fleeing from yesterday
Or am i chasing tomorrow?

Yesterday is but a shadow of today,
And tomorrow?
Tomorrow never comes:
It lingers, constant as this craving inside my heart,
Just beyond my reach and
Dangles hopes, like stringed puppets,
Above my open hands,
Only to let them slip through my fingers,
In avalanches of tears,
Again and again.

There is endless motion around me;
However, inside,
The feelings remain unaltered,
The sadness unyielding,
The need unsatisfied.

No matter how far or how fast i travel,
Hiding from yesterday or in pursuit of tomorrow,
The pain stays forever etched into the present.
I feel it this day, this hour, this second.

So why remain aboard this runaway trainride,
Forced to look upon this breathing wall of green
Behind which seems to hide my life?

Perhaps i'm found the strength to hang
Onto this dangling hope
That when i do finally decide to stop
Somewhere in a far-off station
There will indeed be someone there
Waiting for me...

A gift beyond the green.