Lost souls

Announcements echo
And lost souls wander
Through the echoing concourse
Of the railway station

Degrades shuffle
While brighter souls turn away
As the lost souls wait
For the next delayed train

New arrivals stream
Up stairs and escalators
Most pass through and out
Yet some linger as new lost souls

The board lights up
With fresh information
And heads crane to read
The platform they must choose

And some souls un-lose themselves
Detach from the sparse crowd
Making their way to their destiny
But other souls linger on