The Road Not Taken ( Or Best Avoided !)

(With Apologies to Robert Frost)

In setting out to one destination after the other

Life’s a perennial journey over uneasy terrain,

Charting uncertain courses, discovering routes

We’re ‘Roadies’ who must never cease to strain,

Sidewalks for walkers and by-lanes are dusty

Most of the road is under repair and dug deep,

Commuter to navigate dexterously & move on,

Fortitude, patience and skill is for them to keep,

Adventures galore as one must escape potholes

Traffic jams are old hat, it’s just urban congestion,

Vigilantly watch out for the ‘One-way’ Signboards

Keep helmets & seat belts on, never lose attention,

Remember great order is restored only after chaos

We are in a transition from good & better to ‘BEST’,

In this process, try and take the ‘Road Less Taken’

And Don’t put the ‘Spine’ to such a torturous Test !

Somnath Sinha

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