The Lincoln Rail
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The whistle’s cry cuts through the silence.
The piercing sound of the train whistle breaks the stillness of the surrounding.

The bars bent like broken bones.
The rusty bars of the train track bend with the heaviness of the train's weight, resembling fractured bones.

Smoke bellows from a gunmetal mouth.
The dark smoke emerges from the metallic train engine, resembling the breath of a gun.

The clouds fade to gray and the ashen air takes their breath away.
The dense smoke and ash pollute the air, making it hard to breathe and obscuring the sky.

The wood underfoot is aged, decayed.
The wooden train track is old and worn, showing signs of decay.

As is the tie of two that stand upon.
The relationship between the two individuals, standing on the train track, is also deteriorated and weak.

Splintered surface, splintered hearts.
The splintered appearance of the train track reflects the brokenness of their hearts and relationship.

Chiseled away by broken promises.
Their trust and faith in each other has been broken by unfulfilled promises and commitments.

So turn and go, it's time to leave this place.
It's time for them to move on and let go of their failed relationship.

There's nothing left for him to say.
He has nothing more to say or do to save their relationship.

Her hands settle, heart beats with steady pace.
She has come to terms with the end of their relationship and is emotionally stable.

She's jaded, exerted, she needs to rest her weary head.
She is exhausted and emotionally drained from the hardships of their relationship, and needs rest.

And so he's left with letters she's always sent.
He is left with the memories of her through the handwritten letters and postcards she sent him.

And her words depicted how the travels were nothing but distance: Their ease serene, the calmest composure, it made them vivid, and it brought them closer.
Her words captured their experiences of travelling apart, yet still finding comfort in their memories and strengthening their bond.

And so he's left unable to connect what he's lost to the day they first met.
He struggles to reconcile what they have lost with the happy memories they shared in the past.

But instead, he is met with her absence.
Instead of her physical presence, he is faced with her absence and the reality of their failed relationship.

In this calm and quiet, he longs to hear her voice break the silence.
In the stillness, he yearns to hear her presence and voice, hoping to rekindle what they once had.

And that train rolls farther away, farther away, farther and farther. And with time she grows farther away, farther away, farther and farther.
As the train leaves, their relationship grows more distant and fades away with time.