Train cars
We lived across a church
And right behind that church
Was a railroad track
The church youth group
That Sister and I were a part of
Was standing in our front yard
We had all stopped doing
Whatever
We were doing
And stared at the train passing by
It was long
The longest train
Any of us had seen
We counted the cars
One after the other
We grew excited
So many cars
We exclaimed
So many cars
We started to count out loud
Each car making all of us more
More excited
You came out of the house
And shouted at us
All of us ignored you
We just wanted our fun
You shouted again
Sister and I rolled our eyes
And stumbled toward the house
While the other kids just stared at you
In confusion
You closed the door
And I stared at it
Sighing
I never got to know
How many cars
There were
--To hear with instrumentation, refer to:
https://www.bandlab.com/d_ingus/albums/9a00d131-89a2-f111-a6a7-000d3a975768
- - - This poem can also be found in 'Collection of Words', which is published on my Inkitt Profile.
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