shhh

listen

                 bend your ear to the wind

                                      you'll hear him

the conductor

calling out

                       "willoughby, last stop

                        last call for willoughby"

 ah, but you turn away?

                you open a book

                              or scroll on facebook

                                          and ignore this final call

shame on you

                     shame on you

                     why don't you want an escape?

a place to get away?

willoughby calls-

                              utterest simplicity-

                                                          and yet, you decline.

friend, you do not know when your life will be over

                     and the conductor will call no more-

                            it will be sooner than you think

                                              i promise you that

 so run to willoughby 

    hug your family, smile at strangers 

      put away the phone and don't think about how good or bad your selfies are

        make new friends, go skydiving

           go to the beach and let saltwater stiffen your hair

enjoy willoughby while it lasts

because you only get to visit once

and most people don't visit at all