General Rehearsal

They left,
almost
all of them.
One by one
silently
almost
sneaky.
The steps of the last one
deaden by the snow.
There is a life wire
between two destinations
-invisible-
taking people somewhere
delivering them somewhere else.
The excitement of the passenger and the people at arrivals
compared to the despair of those left behind.
And deep in the mind of the traveler
there is that pinch
of the heart
while thinking about the final destination
when the thread is snipped.