As a child I sat in a train with my back facing the engine
     ….the journey started and the train took me backwards in time !

First station came…and I saw I had grown into a teenaged boy…
     Countryside was green….and I drank a coke at the platform…

Then there was a long and uninterrupted chugging…..the train eventually pulled into another station…..it was huge….and I noticed I had grown into a handsome young man.
The air was pleasant….cool….it was spring…..and I drank a chilled beer !

The train started again…and left behind those beautiful fields….and trees….running in the opposite direction….

Next station came at about sunset…..I got down a little weary….I was now a middle-aged man !
Platform seemed to be overcrowded but I did not see a single pleasant face…
A cup of tea would be fine….I drank and quickly got back to my seat .

It was getting dark….the train hurried along…leaving behind many a wayside stations… with sad buildings…..and nameless signs….

I was reminded…with a sudden jerk and jolt…that I was still facing the wrong direction !

I looked outside….I saw the fast track abreast of us…..but that track too….was racing in the opposite direction…..
 

 ….probably towards my childhood….which I had left ….somewhere behind !!!