Platform, Imagining


from the ABC set poetry: on a faded page

Scenery's going by
and I've left it behind

I'm already on the platform
now only a figment of my imagination
picturing it
dark
save for lamposts from a forgotten era

My imagination probably fails me

I'm stepping off the train
and you're there
waiting
the white kaftan you described
moulds itself to you

and I think you look beautiful

An awkward pause
followed by the first embrace
people rushing past
trains arriving
leaving

I can smell soap
aftershave
the warmth of your face

And no one realises
the significance of this moment

The moment
I melted into your skin

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