Train Wreck (a pantoum) - POEM of the MONTH!

 Train Wreck (a pantoum)

 
Being driven by the urge to stand still

I watched the passenger train derail
It screeched and pounded with a shrill
At iron against flesh with a wail
 
I watched the passenger train derail
My jaw dropped to the platform
At iron against flesh with a wail
Of death screaming like a thunderstorm
 
My jaw dropped to the platform
In disbelief at the destructive disarray
Of death screaming like a thunderstorm
I pounded my chest, to face it this way
 
In disbelief at the destructive disarray
I felt a surge of Divine courage
I pounded my chest to face it this way
Firm in faith against chaos and carnage
 
I felt a surge of Divine courage
It screeched and pounded with a shrill
Firm in faith against chaos and carnage

Being driven by the urge to stand still

"Train wreck" by Thundercheese is
licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

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“Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” 
- I Corinthians 16:13 

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Also published in Synchronized Chaos, January 15, 2024.