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Evening train no longer whistles,
commuters no longer wait
for last connection home.
Hovering gulls no longer swoop
for a young man's crumbs,
melodies but a memory
upon Semiahmoo Bay,
breeze unhindered as it blows past
seaside tracks, past museum
past theatre where Lowrey needs tuning
and Sunday evenings settle silently,
platform and pier silhouetted,
weathered, as an old man's ashes
join the herrings soaring, his dreams, his destiny
joining surf and sky.
by Margaret Bednar, September 26, 2019
Lowrey Organ HERE
This station/depot still exists today as a museum. HERE White Rock, BC is 35 minutes north of New Westminster where the (above) challenge photograph was taken.
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| White Rock, BC depot @1912 |
3 comments:
This is wonderful Margaret. I love the history you have added and how you captured what was and what remains. Beautiful!!
Capturing then and now takes me on a journey from past to present and future. Nice piece.
Such sadness couched in the description of what used to be. Your words captured me.
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