Shimmering City

Ever walked through Tokyo and noticed how it shimmers?
The lights flood you and you're suddenly taken by the current of it,
almost intoxicating,
you stop to breathe it in and then keep going,
always on the move,
to the next temporary destination,
and inside you feel
like you belong nowhere but everywhere at once,
don't know what you're going to see or experience and all you've got is anticipation, it burns!

Travel with the train...

Temporary stop,
at a great station,
directions everywhere,
people to and fro,
alive,
and you in the midst,
find your way,
out of the bustling chaos,
take the automatic stairs and finally onto a platform.

Waiting for the train... breathe in,
waiting,
content,
a moment's rest before going into the chaos again.

I turn my head round,
people, many people,
many directions.

--> On a bench close to the stair well,
two teenagers or maybe they are in their early twenties,
they sit down in the midst of the movement, they hold each other,
his head cradled in her lap,
her hands holding on to him for dear life,
two stray birds.

...

Realized I'm on the wrong platform, decide to move on,
back into the chaos of the station,
drop into a cafe for some coffee and a sandwich,
haven't eaten in a while.

That couple,
I wish I can see them again,
try to find that platform but there are many and I get lost, … but wait,
finally found it,
they're gone...

Board the train,
it rushes through the shimmering multicoloured city,
I get off,
back into the chaos.















Taken by Altus, here's his photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/altus/322152193/in/photostream/