The coal train

Dark morning
Wet streets
I can’t feel the rain
Look straight ahead

Dark morning

I can’t feel the rain.
Turn left
Look straight ahead
First light
I can’t feel the rain

An open gate

Stairs
I don’t count them
Stand on the platform
Wait for the sound
The engine, the wheels, rising
Hauling black diamonds
Walk to the edge
Look straight ahead
Louder
Louder
Just one step
Just one step
Louder
Just one step

 

Stairs

I count them
Twenty Eight
It’s always twenty eight
I feel the rain
I feel the never ending rain