Icarus

    Subway Angel

    2009

    Across the tracks, she glances up and smiles
    Her look – a thousand lifetimes long – beguiles
    Such mystery in the space between, such light
    Such knowing in her eyes I see, such flight

    Piercing beams, rattling roar – this is her train
    She steps on board, half-waves and smiles again
    Our ways diverge; no chance to meet this time
    Yet hope remains – this is the Circle Line.

    — Wayne Visser