AGAINST THE CURRENT

He is only a floating log

in the river of city life

moving along with the current.

Though he nurses a dream

of swimming against the current

he knows he can’t ever swim against the current.

Like lakhs of floating logs like him

he too moves along like them.

Despite this truth still he cherishes

the dream of swimming against the current

though he has resigned to the fact of

mission impossible.

Ever seen a floating

log swimming against the current?