Eternal Tie

 Another poem from "Sage and High Iron" by Charle's H. Dulin.

Found in the Poetry section of The Westbound Stage site.

Enjoy!

The Village Depot at Martinsburg, Missouri, c1900

 

ETERNAL TIE
from "Sage And High Iron," by Charles D. Dulin
Copyright 2021, by The Westbound Stage

We cannot reach the moon or stars
Or dabble in the Milky Way;
We cannot grasp the brilliant Mars,
Nor change a single night to day.
These things are far beyond the groove
We humans occupy, but then,
Right here on earth we can't remove
The railroad from the railroad men.

It's in the blood, there must it stay,
Becoming stronger hour by hour . . .
The yards, the trains, the rights of way,
The signals, wires and motive power.
If Heaven has no rails and ties,
And earthly memory serves us then,
We'll be a bunch of lonely guys,
We railroad men . . . we railroad men.
                                                (Charles D. Dulin)