Here I sit, completely unseen. Metal beam rests beside metal beam. Lengths of wood periodically between. A rumbling approaches, drawing your mind, As you look and see down the line. A light ever bright and ever so kind. The ground begins to quake and hum, A whisper of where it’s coming from. Its song grows louder, a steady beat, A hymn of iron, earth, and heat. The rail hums cold beneath my hand, A trembling tether to where I stand. The train draws near, its shadow grows, Its breath of fir...