Everyday Interrupted

The 3 o’clock train 

Always the 3rd car 

Left side, window seat 

Every day and today  

I see the same faces 

The guy with the green hat 

The blonde woman and her child 

Every day and today  

All of them familiar, 

All of them there, 

Nodding in recognition 

Every day and today  

I always pass the same fields 

The houses next to the tracks, always there 

Same stop, 5 years 

Every day and today  

You always wait at the corner 

Sometimes with flowers 

Sometimes just your smile 

Every day, but today   

Today I step off to a silent street 

I walk home alone 

I set the table for two 

Like every day before today  

I dread sleeping alone 

I am scared of waking alone  

I prepare to be alone 

Every day, starting today