REWIND OCCASSIONALLY

The path forward is

tarred, smooth, flowing

and endless.

It’s easy to walk

down the path

it’s easy to drive

down the path

nothing wrong in

feeling happy and

feeling elated.

We always dream about

such paths in life

we crave for walking

down the smooth, flowing paths.

------The path backward

might be thorny, stony and

crater-filled.

It is tedious to tread

along the path,

it is tough to drive

along the path

none feels like walking

or driving along such paths.

In the daily life

we see persons

of two kinds

while scaling glorious

paths, one section

prefer not to look back.

They feel shame and irritation

while memories try to

walk backwards,

along such paths through which

they trode bare-footed once.

There are some others

while scaling heights

occasionally prefer

to look back

the thorny, stony, pot-holed paths

through which they trode

a part of life.

With much difficulty

suffering thirst, hunger, poverty

and unemployment

travelling down memory lane

make them humble

loving and caring

towards the ones

treading the harsh paths of life

which are stony, thorny

and pot-holed

feel sympathetic towards them

empathetic towards them

helpful towards them.