She steps onto a packed train
the epicentre of a shockwave of faceless humanity
rippling out and away, shuffling back
from the mischievous flash of her eyes
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nicely crafted poem. Second line of opening stanza brilliant. Nice one.
I like how this poem unfolds and goes in a somewhat unpredictable direction at the end. And the end, which seems kind of sweet at first, is rather depressing, in my opinion. You obviously don't know this woman and yet you build up a huge fantasy of her being your dream woman. That's pretty sad, although it's more poetic than the fantasy most of us have when we see an attractive woman.