Passengers

We meet different types of people in life. Yet, whoever they are, departure is certain. So the best thing to do is not to cling on to them and just let go as passengers getting on & off a bus.

To and fro

People come and go

On a journey of wander so short

More to meet

Along life street

Passengers getting on and off

 

Some leave scars

Trap you behind bars

Taking your joy away

Make promises of love uncertain

Yet believing then left crestfallen

Scattered hopes only to remain

 

Some are gods

Paving the way to good

Drawing a smile across your face

Showing what is right

Lending a hand amidst plight

Being there for you everyday

 

For the good you long

Till the last halt

Clinging on to them with greed

The bad you wish to drop

At the first bus stop

Why so soon with hate

 

But in the life bus

The driver is fate

So who stays and leaves

Is not yours to see

Those good might leave

And the bad might stay

 

Yet whoever the passenger

In times of departure

Unexpected or not maybe

If the bond is strong

The feeling woebegone

Leaving traces of sorrow and pain

 

So if you attach to any

Gives rise to many

Longings, worries and doubts

So let passengers get on

And let them get off

On a will of their own born by fate

Reviews

[JEngele]

Very beautiful, and a sad read. I think you missed an s in the first paragraph "along life street"

[Senu Jayasinghe]

There can also be people who just does'nt get off because they are too busy liking you. And of course there are people who leave us with worries and longings.