Long Time Train

Long time train coming
through to the platform,
hissing among the kisses
of farewell's and it's been
so long's, screaming like
a bird shot down in the sky.
Long time train trucking
right on to the dawn,
where the cedars cry.
Last time we were
in this much debt,
I forget.
Long time lover's
singing wafer songs
while the locomotive
unloads its burden.
I brought a bar of
chocolate dipped
in salt.
Been saving it for today.
Welcome.
You aren't home.
You aren't alone.
The only scary
thing out there
are the children,
begging us to keep them.