Wednesday, May 20, 2009

News at six

And this report just to hand

There appears to have been
a major emotional train wreck

Details at this stage are sketchy
but sadly
children are believed to be among
the victims.

Initial reports suggest
the engine which drove the whole thing
decoupled from the rest
and plunged over a bridge
falling hopelessly into a
bottomless crevasse of failure

The rest of the train
is coasting slowly to a halt
edging closer and closer

to a complete stand still

We will update as more information
becomes available

2 comments:

burning moon said...

nice one. the metaphor works well. There's a very sad outlook for some of our kids. They don't have enough life experience to gain perspective on the state of the world, or of things that are happening in their lives. It must seem overwhelming to many of them.

Chris Never said...

So many kids from shattered families,
it beggars belief the numbers sometimes.

I find it achingly melancholy


I want to belief they will survive and thrive, some do, many do not.