.waterloo Station (Love Poem) Poem by Charles Wiles (Best Love Poems)

There is something amazing about Waterloo Station,
A world is unraveled at this destination.
I arrive at 8: 20 to find I am late
For a train that departed at a quarter past eight.
What wonderful luck, for now I can spend
An hour exploring my erstwhile old friend!

I amble along the concourse and see
That wherever I look there are people like me
Who simply are there to go on their way
And travel straight home at the end of the day.
But looking more deeply the wonders are there
In people that kiss and simply don’t care
And in couples who stand with their arms wrapped around
As they watch for the platform of trains homeward bound.

I really can’t say why this place makes me smile,
But next time you visit, just wander a while.
And maybe, like me, you will feel some elation,
When missing your train at Waterloo Station.

(September 2007)