April 14, 2021
Photo by Shaun La
Yearning for My Next Stop
by Suntonu Bhadra
the lights off and on
in the passing subway stations
I take a glance,
one more station passed by
one more to go
the speed steps into motions
placing a blurry image outside
an animated show circling back and forth
connecting the stops, I didn't step in
passing through the tunnel hole
lights emerge
darkness disappears
my stop is yet to come
am I already into it
the train being the stop
or just a vehicle
taking me on an unknown journey
in the land of the American dreams
embraced hopes in measured dreams from the memoirs
bringing into lights
a promising future to be reckoned incoming
prewritten destination
awaiting for my impatient footsteps,
silhouettes of the destined dream are closing in,
clearer in every roll the subway wheels take
my faded past
my sighed wishes in dusted illusions
here I go again
leaned on the train wall
locked for the next station
a brighter destination I am longing for.