Mumbai's life line

Train journeys often get lonely. When you enter Into a seemingly isolated coach Only to find your seat Next to the loudest family in the compartment. As they giggle in their native tongues Distribute home made food In paper plates and fill their Bottles with the packaged water. It probably tastes better that way. Train journeys often get lonely. When you travel miles away From where you are and Where you choose to be. In berths filled with sounds and languages Every bunch, immersed in its own festivities And you pounce to the window seat Hoping the view makes for a good companion To the music blasting in your headphones Helping you avoid the conversations You don't feel invited to. Train journeys often get lonely. Until that lady, a mother of two Passes you a paper plate too. Serves you some of the homemade food. And asks you where you're headed to. Until the girl burried in her books. Keeps them aside and smiles at you. Until you keep your ...