Journey disrupted



Journey disrupted

We so take life for granted,
from food on the table to journeys.
Today I realised this more clearly,
 a routine train from Manchester
to London
disrupted , which I take so often
almost never any problem
almost always arrive well at destination.

Not appreciating when it’s going fine.
A disturbance and nuisance,
I have been stranded in Rugby , then in Euston
then I realised how good it was that we
that I had all along.
Turbulence and trials make us
appreciate how good it was for so long.

My journey from Manchester to London
derailed by flash floods all of a sudden.
Tonight’s journey disrupted,
but long last at an end,
and another to start with the dawn.
We so take life for granted all along.

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Submitted by badal.pal on July 17, 2021

Modified on April 12, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAXBBXB XXBACXC BBXXXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 706
Words 128
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 7, 6

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