Image: a railway platform with the words MIND THE GAP painted for the
benefit of those alighting from the train, so that the letters are upside-down
from the perspective of those waiting to board the train.
Now is the season for journeys home by train
(it has been too long)
Yet here we are
at stand-still, caught somewhere between
two stations;
giving way, that others may go on
ahead of us, make up their own delays.
All through the carriage,
restless heads are turned, as if
in search of answers
to be found, under our neighbour’s seat,
perhaps; as if we were in an
Escape Room.
Passengers a-lighting,
please mind the gap
between the anxious clamour
of our needs and
making space to meet
the needs of others.
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