A locomotive's payload

an autobiography?

To guess and know

how far sight goes

To live unpredictably

To hold a breath

Twist a nail

Peel a lip

In uncertainty

To carry weights,

Unvalued,

to rail a path

unfathomed

and its her

driving around the globe

guided by a rope

heart plenty of hope

thus, always deemed to fall

and its her

not switching to the same path

as the locomotive's else

always tried to journey along

but dread the day 

the locomotives unload

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

This one is described as an autobiography, but if it is, it tells the story of the emotional life, not the chronological one. The picture that emerges is one of a seeker, maybe one of high hopes, who has experienced some setbacks. The phrase "and it's her" appears unexpectedly, twice, meaning it's significant. This may speak of bad luck in love. I don't get a sense of despair here; rather, there is the same determination to walk an individual path. The last two lines, however, bespeak an awareness that human life is not infinite, and the path will have an end. That, though, is the one thing that is true of all journeys here.

[Hadvvl]

Thank you so much for your review! I loved hearing someone else's perspective on my work. The sense of individuality stems from the inability to find like-minded people therefore making the decision to push herself through alone indicated from the verse "not switching to the same path as everybody else". I appreciate your notice of the last line which elucidates the understanding of the finite human life. Your comment means alot!