A journey
but no goal
A steam train
without coal

A bottle
but no wine
A friendship
in decline

A love song
but no sound
A shanty
left to drown


A/N: My submission for week #1 of the Poets Pub's "Poet of the Year" contest 2020. The challenge was to write a poem in the "Tri-Dodeca" format. The Tri-Dodeca consists of three stanzas of four lines each. Each line must be exactly three syllables.