My City’s Destiny

Today another collision
on a crowded road..

injuries, scratches
and casualties
skirmishes
public anger, sabotage,
arson and traffic jam
arrival of police..

demands raised for
road divider
one-way road
speed breaker
road- widening,
demands accepted..

tears flood eyes
in police stations
and hospitals..

the night went by
the things forgotten..

no lessons learnt..

the next day,
the same crowd,
the same collision
and the same sequence
of events..

perhaps this is
acceptable to my city,
it’s its destiny..

–Kaushal Kishore