The Poem from the Train Ride

I just did some editing on an old poem that I wrote while riding the train a while ago.  It felt a little odd then, using borrowed emotions, but I've edited it into something that comes across more naturally than the first version.

“Lovers Separating”

Click clack

Click clack

Chuff chuff chuff

Chug chug chug chug

Each low rumble speaks

Ominously declaring

The widening separation

Parting body from body

And parting me

From that portion of my heart

That I left tucked in with yours

Laced between your fingers

Held in your embrace.

And I carry you with me

That tiny piece you gave me

Bundled up

Against my breast

Warming the heart that remains

My body remembers yours

Slow sensual scratches

Up my calves

Along the small of my back

In the palm of my hand

The chills reverberate

Within the depths of me

Rippling to my most

Sensuous core.

I bump and sway

Side to side

As I slide away

A slow dance of separation

Speeding up

As the distance grows

Picking up pace

As the miles stretch behind me