Two roads diverged in the yellow wood,
and I took the one less traveled by.
and that has made all the difference.
"Thats it for the day the teacher says. Ponder over the poem and we shall discuss it in the next class."
Another boring day in class, another day of listening to junk..
"Hey how did you like the poem? And what do u think it means? " asks my friend.
I look at him with an eye of amazement. He actually thinks I listened in class. And worse, pondered on it!!
"I dont know man. I think it was something about life and the usual crap found in most poems."
I try running away from there as fast as I could. I had to get out of there.
School was over and it was my time now.
I sit on my bike and just pedal away. away from the place I so hate.
Away from the place I spend most of my time in.
Life's so full of ironies. Most of the things we do, places we go to, are what we hate the most.
I pedal furiously.
Is it all a big joke? A big movie? Are we all just floating around?
I feel the air rushing past me. I've never been this far away.
Why do most people do what they don't like? Is doing what u love so hard?
I see the birds flying high in the sky.
I can see the sun setting in the horizon.
I can hear the wind.
I can feel the air around me...
Why do people live to please others? Its always about them. Its never about I!
Soon i'm away from it all. Soon I lose track of time.
Dont they know thats not possible.
I reach the top of the cliff. I can see that i'm very high up. I walk to the edge.
Spread my hands, close my eyes..
Images flash in my head.
Choices are all around me.
Hypocrisy behind me.
My life in front of me.
Two roads diverged in the yellow wood,
and I took the one less traveled by.
and that has made all the difference.
Next day in class..
"Does anybody know what the poet is trying to convey?" asks the teacher.
He looks around.
I raise my hand.
I speak out.
"What I am,
The Choices I make,
The Roads I take.
What I want to be,
The Choices I didn't make,
The Roads i didn't take."
I take my bike. I pedal away to the place I was yesterday.
I stand at the cliff.
I look down.
Choices i didnt make...
I close my eyes.
