Life Train

ALLLLL aboard this life bound train
The conductor has punched your ticket
Price paid in full
Down the rails you have lain

Flying down the tracks
Destination at the end of the line
Faster and faster as time flies by
There is no going back

Smoke and sparks on the silvery rail
No slowing or stopping
On this line called life
Towards the sunset we sail

Living life along the way
Some will get on 
As this locomotive churns by
Others depart on their final day

Pulling into the station at the end of the line
Family and friends there to meet us
With arms wide open
At the stop called Heaven for all time
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Gauthier Avatar
May 28, 2020 at 8:56 PM
Wow ~ I love your comparison of the railroad track to our lifeline. Wonderful.
Mcguire Avatar
May 28, 2020 at 9:40 PM
Thank you Line
Laurie Avatar
May 26, 2020 at 8:35 PM
G'day Timothy … the train of life is an express and we're never certain of its destination but we all reach it in - thank you Timothy - Lindsay
Mcguire Avatar
May 28, 2020 at 9:41 PM
thanks Lindsay
Proxenos Avatar
May 24, 2020 at 5:26 AM
You actually make us look forward to this journey on the life train - so well penned. Blessings, Jennifer.
Mcguire Avatar
May 24, 2020 at 8:22 PM
that was my thought Jennifer thanks!
Cunningham Avatar
May 22, 2020 at 12:46 PM
Loved your journey through life Timothy, let's hope we all reach that final destination. Tom
Mcguire Avatar
May 22, 2020 at 3:33 PM
thanks Tom!
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