Saturday, November 10, 2018

WEEKEND WISE WORDS - TRAIN RIDE TO NOWHERE


If you catch the train to nowhere,
You'll find the strangest man I've met,
Who claimed his ears were always ringing
With the sound of his regret,
Back then time had not yet taught me
Regret was not a sound I knew,
So I thought nothing more than silence
Was left by things you didn't do.
He said he hoped the sound of nothing
Was the worst I ever heard,
Because regret drives you as crazy
As the taste of swallowed words.
"It's a stone thrown in a well," he mused
And this I've not forgotten:
"it's listening all your life
And never hearing it hit the bottom."

~Erin Hanson~


(The photo is of a passing train when we were on holiday last May.)

30 comments:

  1. Edith Piaf might have regretted nothing, but I assuredly do.
    Love photo.

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    1. I haven't thought of Edith in a very long time, I used to sing her songs when I was young, for my mother who loved to listen to her.

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  2. One should have no regrets. I hope you have a great weekend.

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  3. sound sad.

    Hope your weekend will brighten up.

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    1. But thought provoking. Yes, it was very rainy one day and yet brilliant sunshine the next. Thank you.

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  4. Brilliant. I read this several times. Denise, and hope you will allow me to copy it.

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    1. I have read it several times also Valerie. Please copy it.

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    1. Eu raramente chego a andar de trem, então este foi particularmente agradável. Obrigado Francisco! Um abraço e uma boa semana para você. Sua amiga Denise.

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  6. Love the photo and the words. Have a good weekemd Diane

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  7. Hello, love the poem and train photo. Regret does drive me crazy!
    Happy weekend to you!

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    1. Thank you Eileen. I hope your weekend was a happy one.

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  8. Love that train and I love riding trains and I have ridden the train to nowhere 3 times, it goes out and comes back... love the poem

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  9. A very interesting and somewhat sad poem. I really like it, and want to know more about this man on the train!

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    1. Glad you liked the poem Ginny. I hope when he reached the end of the line he was a happy man.

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  10. What wise words this poem conveys, Denise. I love it. ♥

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    1. Wise indeed Martha Ellen, and very thought provoking. Glad you enjoyed.

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  11. Hi Denise,
    Wonderful words and so true.
    Who can go through life without regrets.
    All the best, John

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    1. Hi John, it would be a very hard thing to do. All the best to you too.

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  12. beautiful image denise, it looks like there is snow on the ground!! i enjoyed the poem, regrets...i have a few!!!

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    1. Thank you Debbie, this was taken in Alaska last May. Snow was everywhere :)

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