Roads......

I step out of every phase of life,
With my best foot forward,
I try to walk towards the places I had dreamt off,
The roads are unfriendly,
They dont seem to take me there,
I fight with them,
I argue with them,
I reason with them,
I know where I want to go,
I tell them,
My walk is steady and steps determined,
I shall reach there, whatever the time,
We heard you walk, the roads say,
We have seen many like you make their way,
We extend from the source to the end and beyond, Oh traveller,
We have seen the nights, days and dawns,
You want to go to the place of your dreams,
We lead you away from your chosen path,
To show you new places,
If life were all about imagining and going where you wanted to,
Then why go there, Oh traveller?
If the place is going to be the same as the one you dreamt off,
Why see it when you have seen it before?
If that was all there was to life,
Just imagining a place and going there,
We wouldn't be needed Oh traveller, nor you,
The word destination contains the word destined,
The roads try to lead you to what is yours,
Whether you run on them, crawl or walk,
Whether you choose to look down and grumble,
Or look up and walk,
That is left to you,
When you reach somewhere,
You will see us again,
We dont start from somewhere and come to an end,
It is you who starts walking and stops,
It is you who argues with us and talks,
Be friends with us Oh traveler,
Let us show you the World,
We are as rough or soft as your thoughts,
And as long or short as your strides,
Talk to us, walk with us,
You and us, Oh traveler,
Are together what is called life....

-Aditya R Venkatesan