Choose Your Journey

Choose Your Journey

Emilia Kicillof, Contributor, 7th grade

Choose Your Journey

Standing still

On the platform

Do not

Cross the YELLOW LINE

Do not

Return to the entrance

Wait

Wait

Wait

When the train comes

It will rattle along

You know it is coming

But

Do not

cross the YELLOW LINE

Do not

Return to the entrance

Wait

Wait

Wait

Train will come

And when it does

You will board it

If it is wrong

You must be patient

And alert

And cautious

And brave

You must be you enough to

Decide

Do I step off

Do I try another

Do I

Wait

The answer is not in me

It is not in the train’s program

It is in you

Find it

When the moment is right

Step off the train

And choose your journey

When the time is right

Step onto the train

And choose your journey

Just because you choose a train

And you do not choose where it goes

You do not choose

Changes of plans

Or

Traffic

Or cancelations

Or

Falling asleep aboard

You choose your train

Wait

Wait

Wait

Go