BACK TO THE FUTURE
“I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.”
― Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmWCAvCRJ1o
WHEREVER I GO - Mark Knopfler ft. Ruth Moody (Official Video)
Video filmed in one of the most beautifully timeless and tranquil places on this Earth, known as The Sixth Continent back in the day and a place very close to my heart and near to where I am very fortunate to have found my forever home and true love. Features “my pirate boat” too! : 0))
I dedicate this to my love. Life keeps testing us, but we keep slaying dragons. You've been my rock and now let me be yours. Wherever you go, we go. We are in this together … <3
In the Pullman Observation car
there is a sense of what might have been
the scent of polished wood and gleaming brass
upholstered seats in plush purple velvet sheen
the parents of a small boy watch in awe
as the train that will transport us back in time
has yet to turn; attach itself
the scene is set; we are all within a paradigm
the boy with hair as rich as Autumn's coat
distracts himself in a virtual world
how I wish he was reading an actual book
as he would surely have done in the past that held
so many books; so little time
life was short back then, no doubt
a glimpse of the past; interrupted by
the station master's deafening shout
the toot of the train; the whistle is blown
the last door is closed; no-one else can board
the shunt as the engine begins it's journey
please no-one pull the emergency cord
the windows in this car are large
for observing better; cost just a little more
well worth it to film and take photographs
needs a steady hand to avoid the floor
at last we are away; slowly at first
then picking up speed on the straight
the smoke billowing up and over the train
we are making good time; we shall not be late
we are on our way to the Summer residence
of that well-known novelist; Queen of Crime
Agatha Christie; a firm favourite of mine
how I wish I could have lived in that olden time
I quite fancy myself as an amateur sleuth
collating the facts and deducing them until
I have a clear picture of the perpetrator
who dunnit in which room and what weapon
whether or not the victim fell ill or was killed
dragging myself from my reverie
back to this present moment in time
I noticed the stripes on the mum and dad
and the striped chevrons of the carriage
fading away in the distance now
I am lulled by the motion of the train's perfect rhyme.
- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission
BACK TO THE FUTURE
“I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.”
― Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmWCAvCRJ1o
WHEREVER I GO - Mark Knopfler ft. Ruth Moody (Official Video)
Video filmed in one of the most beautifully timeless and tranquil places on this Earth, known as The Sixth Continent back in the day and a place very close to my heart and near to where I am very fortunate to have found my forever home and true love. Features “my pirate boat” too! : 0))
I dedicate this to my love. Life keeps testing us, but we keep slaying dragons. You've been my rock and now let me be yours. Wherever you go, we go. We are in this together … <3
In the Pullman Observation car
there is a sense of what might have been
the scent of polished wood and gleaming brass
upholstered seats in plush purple velvet sheen
the parents of a small boy watch in awe
as the train that will transport us back in time
has yet to turn; attach itself
the scene is set; we are all within a paradigm
the boy with hair as rich as Autumn's coat
distracts himself in a virtual world
how I wish he was reading an actual book
as he would surely have done in the past that held
so many books; so little time
life was short back then, no doubt
a glimpse of the past; interrupted by
the station master's deafening shout
the toot of the train; the whistle is blown
the last door is closed; no-one else can board
the shunt as the engine begins it's journey
please no-one pull the emergency cord
the windows in this car are large
for observing better; cost just a little more
well worth it to film and take photographs
needs a steady hand to avoid the floor
at last we are away; slowly at first
then picking up speed on the straight
the smoke billowing up and over the train
we are making good time; we shall not be late
we are on our way to the Summer residence
of that well-known novelist; Queen of Crime
Agatha Christie; a firm favourite of mine
how I wish I could have lived in that olden time
I quite fancy myself as an amateur sleuth
collating the facts and deducing them until
I have a clear picture of the perpetrator
who dunnit in which room and what weapon
whether or not the victim fell ill or was killed
dragging myself from my reverie
back to this present moment in time
I noticed the stripes on the mum and dad
and the striped chevrons of the carriage
fading away in the distance now
I am lulled by the motion of the train's perfect rhyme.
- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission