Anticipation

There is a train

Waiting at the platform

As I enter the station

I don’t know

If it just arrived

Or is about to depart

Where it came from

Or where it is going

If the carriage doors just opened

Or are about to close

If it is full

Or emptied

If you are on it

Waiting for me

Or not

All I know

Is I have a choice

To get on

Or walk away

Whichever way I go

The rest of my life

Will be spent wondering

What if I did the other

Every time I hear

That train whistle blow.