I am sitting invisibly

At a main line station

My train is sitting on platform four

Five hours ago another train

Hit a car killing both occupants

Just over thirty miles down the line

The train was partially derailed

And the track suffered damage

I could have made it home tonight

But the inclination was not there

It has not been there for many years

Even at this late hour

The station is quite busy

But nobody speaks to me

I have been left alone

With my empty thoughts

Which will keep me company

Deep Into the vacant hours