The train I never caught

The journey is lauded as exotic

Existing route to happiness

A place most visited

I bought a ticket too

The faces I will meet

The food I will share

The laugh I will cause

The love I will spread

I packed in a hurry

On my way to station

I came across a robin’s nest

Fallen from comfort

I walked past the nest

A cry pierced my heart

I could not, I will not

I have a train to catch

I spotted the mother robin

A mannequin of helplessness,

hanging on to a branch

What a terrible nest you made?

I picked the nest up

Three blue eggs, not a scratch

I looked at the robin

You do know how to weave

I climbed the robin’s tree

She flew higher to a wide branch

And tapped it with her beak

I placed the nest there

I ran to the station

Waving the ticket at no one

I was 25 minutes late

The train had left

I will not see happy faces

The food will get cold

The laughter will not be heard

The love will not be seen

I sat down near a pillar

I thought about the three lives,

inside the blue shell

I smiled..