Poetry by Matthew Borczon

                       Jaroslav A. Polák CC




Waiting for a train 
For Jeff Weddle 
 
The trains
on 16 St.
used to
put me
to sleep
when I
was young
 
back when
I thought
life was
better just
out of
town
adventure
and women
and what
ever else
I wanted
was waiting
out there
past the
box cars
and hobo
jungles just
past the
city boundaries
and State
line
 
back when
those trains
could cross
oceans
cross time
cross class
lines and
all the
unwritten
boundaries 
of my
high school
 
back when
the train
whistle was
a message
saying just
hang in
there for
awhile longer
better things
are coming.



​Matthew Borczon is a poet and writer from Erie, Pa. He has published ten books of poetry the most recent being Ghost Highway Blues through Alien Buddha press. He has been nominated for a pushcart and a best of the Net. He works as both a US Navy sailor and as a nurse for adults with developmental disabilities. He has a wife and four kids and not enough time to write.
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