Reflecting

Please listen to "Naked As We Came" by Iron & Wine while reading (or at least view the lyrics by clicking the title of this entry):

Reflecting

As I sit on the train home, 

I sit looking out the window, 

facing the opposite direction

the train is headed.  

All I can see is 

what has already passed, 

not what is coming.  

The sun shines brilliantly

yet softly upon the city, 

and I realise:

this is the first time

I have seen this view -

all other times

I travelled home in the dark,

unaware of the sights,

sounds, motion,

life.

I think of you,

the sun shines brighter,

an old song begins to play,

and I finally pay attention

to the words, the poetry, the music.

I think of you,

and I begin to glow,

like the sun,

while holding back my tears.

I cannot see what's coming,

but I know my final stop,

and as the city passes me by,

I am so thankful for the sun,

because I am seeing everything anew,

fresh, light, and open,

and I begin to glow like the sun,

as I think of you.

-Andy Loretz