My plan was to write a post about my enduring love for trains. Instead, here is my silly love letter to trains:
My love letter to trains
How I love you, trains,
And the click clack of your wheels on the tracks.
I listen for your whistle at a crossing.
The hiss and puff of smoke from a steam engine,
From the fire in your belly.
Or the long, low whine of a diesel train.
How my heart races
When you cross a bridge.
How my ears go pop
When you enter
A tunnel through a mountain.
Whether your carriages are filled
With freight, or passengers,
You are going places,
Near and far, night and day.
Fast or slow.
Your carriages are all connected,
And when the engine pulls you,
You make a train.
You do the work of a thousand horses.
Only the switch of points
Sends you, or holds you back.
Happy Birthday, Dad. And Happy Father’s Day, too. Thank you for sharing your love for trains with me.
9 comments:
I love the old steam trains. I've just furnished reading, 'The Railway Children' to Sophie and want to track down the film now; it was always a favourite.
Thanks for the GREAT Birthday/Father's Day Poem!
Love you,
Your Dad
That is so cool that you and your dad share the interest in trains. Your pictures are really nice. As a kid I watched trains and was never impatient for them to go by, so now when a long train holds up the traffic I relax and enjoy watching and get into the whole experience. Happy Birthday to you dad.
That's lovely, I'm so glad your dad has commented that he liked it, cool!
That's way better than a card, you have to admit it.
Great train pictures. In fact, I think the last train I saw was in NZ.....
My 3 boys all adored trains growing up. We must've sat and watched every video with puffing steam engines for hours during the winter.
Happy birthday to your father, and happy father's day, too!
I love this post.
I don’t wish to be self serving. Oh, don’t be silly, of course I do. I did a column on music about trains. You can find it at http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2009/09/elder-music-trains.html
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