THE LADDER

Like a hilarious mountaineer

engaging in his first

mountain expedition

clearing all obstacles along his path

one day on a hilarious mood

I commenced climbing up

a top ladder with umpteen rungs

dreaming the sole aim of

reaching atop the top-most rung

on my way atop

neither did I care to turn

back, nor did I wish to

turn back

my one and only aim

being the topmost rung of the ladder.

Upon reaching the topmost rung only

did the enlightenment dawn on me like a

bolt from the blue

that never could I continue to

be at the top as long as I wish

that I too would have

to step down the rungs of the ladder

and be like an ordinary

mortal on earth one day

I would have to melt into the crowds……