DRAGON IN A DREAMA Poem by Terry CollettA BOY AND GIRL IN 1950S LONDON AT WATERLOO TRAIN STATION.I show Lydia the toy Bowie knife which came with the cowboy outfit my parents had bought for my 9th birthday and there's a 6 shooter and holster and other stuff I say we're standing on the platform at Waterloo watching for the next steam train to come in it looks quite real she says can I feel it? I hand her the toy knife and she rubs her finger along the blade looks sharp but it's not at all she says handing me back the knife I put the knife into the belt of my jeans and we look for a train if Hem had that he'd throw it at me pretending I was his knife throwing assistant she informs your brother's a twat I say she smiles what's that? I think it means an idiot I reply I look at her standing there with her thin arms and straight fair hair and that always worried stare that off grey dress the black plimsolls and white socks here comes one Lydia says pointing towards the far end of the platform and I see the smoke in the air and the sound and the smell that steam trains have and we stare as it approaches taking in the black steaming beauty of it as comes on by drinking in the power as it lets off steam huge and noisy like a dragon in a dream. © 2015 Terry CollettReviews
|
StatsAuthorTerry CollettUnited KingdomAboutTerry Collett has been writing since 1971 and published on and off since 1972. He has written poems, plays, and short stories. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren. on January 27t.. more..Writing
|