She stands upon the overgrown platform, peering into the distance,
Seeing nothing, but the green swallow, of the abandoned city,
Breaking through the concrete, plant life has consumed her world,
The death, of this modern civilization, leaving her stranded,
Waiting, for what seems like a never-ending delay
To the transport, that would ferry her through the devastation,
But the evergreen wasteland has crippled, her passage,
A perpetual static pervades the stillness, yielding solace
In the maddening vacancy of this terminal, her cage
And the stagnant wind that brushes her hair across her squint,
Straining, to hear the world, outside this shrouded silence,
But she hears nothing, but the rustling in the bush
As a wondering cat, springs out, and rests by her stance,
“You know, that train isn’t coming, might as well find better lodging.”
Surprised by the cat’s speech, and that she understood,
“How long have I been here that you’re now speaking?”
“Just be thankful for my voice, and the conversation,
Don’t worry, about what can’t disrupt this simple pattern
Of you, perched upon this shallow plateau, stuck in a glimpse,
The longer you stay here, the more your roots will stretch
Down into the concrete, losing yourself to the hysteria.”
The girl, drops to the ground, cradling her heavy head
As the cat nears closer, nudging at her hands, to rise,
“If I disembark here, I might have already lost.”
“Fear of losing, chains us to where we can no longer grow,
And that, is where you settled, running while standing.”
She looks away, towards the sheltered and empty pathway
With no movement, no slowly halting approach to the wait,
“I’ve seen the rust spread, and choke, the low glimmer
Which has guarded me here, afraid to let me leave
Digging its thorns, all around, stifling any and all hope.”
“Yet, you still posess the fight, keeping you afloat,
For why else, would you conjure me to unlock the chains? “
The cat, and the vines that kept her from leaving, evaporate,
She begins a different path, away from the overgrowth,
Heading home, hoping that it too, has not been overtaken.
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