Barry Freeman Poet Quatrain

The Railway Is Expanding

The railway is expanding 
So the government’s demanding 
That anything that’s standing 
In the way must be removed.

Remove the stock brick terraces
Our family homes and premises
For onward comes the nemesis 
Of all we’ve known and loved.

Uprooted oaks and plane trees
Will be replaced by steel gantries
But what prayers will fill the chantries
For the soul that’s being crushed?

Only the rapid rattling rale
Of the stuttering high-speed rail
Will be all that shall prevail
Over the nightingale and thrush.

While we just keep on pretending
That our growth is never-ending,
That the world will keep on bending
To the might of human power

And we keep on moving faster
To escape the sure disaster
When we find we’re not the master
Of this world that we devour.

©    Barry Freeman 	15th May 2021

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Sara Kendrick June 21, 2021 at 7:58 AM Congrats on this winner. I once heard a song that went something like this: "Train runs through the middle of the house, middle of the house, train runs through the middle of the house since the railroad bought the land". It is a funny song but it wasn't funny to the people who had to give up much for a little and move on in such of a permanent home. Way to go with this winner. Sara

Christuraj Alex June 11, 2021 at 5:47 AM 'And we keep on moving faster To escape the sure disaster When we find we’re not the master Of this world that we devour' Indeed, all the other lines are very beautiful too. Congratulations!