A Hobo's Life
by
Barnali Saha
The drifting soul at dawn awakes
A new journey everyday he makes
Climbing the heavy breast of the sleeping watchmen
The gypsy goes on a new quest yet again
The undulating tail of the morning train
Its whistle mellow, a new hope again
A vagabond life-bound he has no plight
He is a happy lark enjoying the ride
From Wyoming to Mississippi his train runs fast
While he stands there smelling the smoking dust
Hallelujah, Hallelujah his heart cries
The cold air his tainted lips bite
And as dusk sets in and evening yawns
In the heaving train his heart beckons
A home like others, a mortal shade
Love for his consort his bones abrade
The gentle soul croons and chimes
To send-off the mourning railroad climes
But as morning comes around hard and stale
The hobo bids adieu to his nightly wail
He sweeps the street and fixes the road
Wiping his sweat with his raggedy cloth
A piece of bread is all he wants
Singing the hobo song of daring swans
The peripatetic spirit to the whistle bound
Climbs on the train embracing a land lost and found
Roaming the wide world taking a ride
The train is his soulmate, his only pride
The mounts and valleys pass and end
From winter to spring the seasons bend
But his journey goes from station next
To a new destination his heart behest
The cage of life is a deathbed for him
For he is a traveler a wandering beam.
Image Taken From Internet:http://www.nps.gov/archive/gosp/research/hobo.gif
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