The long since decommissioned steam train,

is only hauled out for public displays

and the for the chance to show

an audience just what was once

freely given, the age of beauty wrapped

in a sheath

of experience

and dedication to service;

now all that is forgotten,

all the crowd see is a relic

from a bygone period,

a shiny vessel primed to fail at the first breath

of electro glory and whose

soul, whose better days

of glory

are left behind in a once mighty shed

rusting in unison

with the passing of the age of steam.

Ian D. Hall 2015