On the Footpath...

Go and see through

The myriad of pain

And relentlessly hard toil

Day in and day out...

On the footpath :

You can't even imagine

How do they survive!

You may be passing by

The footpath...

With a reckless drive

Sans any quality time

And space for 

Being human...

You may be 

In a hurry to 

Reach your workplace

And forget all these trifles

By the by...

You may be judging 

This system of all worldly affairs

Very casually...

In fact, you are too calculative 

To feel their real situation...

So, no casually escapist remarks 

On them who dwell

On the footpath!

Sometimes, I do ponder

Why there is any footpath

Without the footprints

Of humanity and equality...

Yes, I find myself 

In total dilemma

As and when 

I, too, am stepping 

Cautiously on the footpath!

Is it the borderline

Of discrimination?

Is it the distorted image 

Of the so-called society

In today's perspective...??

I just ponder

After I leave the footpath...