The State Highway

The highway diverged in the outskirt of town And in the same town there was a mass meeting. As having some work there on the further end I thought why I should land-up in traffic-jams. So, expecting a crowd I took the diversion; As was clear, I thought, perhaps I'd reach The destination, in a shorter duration of time. The journey went on smooth and I finished The entire works of the day as I planned. While returning, I took the arterial road; That was the time when the crowd just broke And there was none of those who assembled. The vehicle was running ahead of the time But, I felt the travel time was much longer Than that during journey in the morning. I shall be telling this story with a deep sigh To some fellow travelers of the same route In the ages and ages hence regretting that People assembles to have a timely solution To their problems; if someone joins the mass, He'd be surely the people's friend or else If he searches even, for the same mass later He'd unfortunately, be treated as an enemy! Dated: 5th March 2019.