<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350729" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The milestone marked nine</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The milestone marked nine</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am by the side of a metro bus stop<br>Under the shadow not-so-fully grown gulmohar tree<br>Whose trunk is still protected by a tree guard</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Crows and mynas perching on this tree<br>Often bless me with their droppings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I remain in my shape<br>I may be a little over one foot tall<br>Wide enough for any person to rest on me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">People, mostly elderly, sit on me<br>Preferring me to the tall stainless stool <br>Beneath the shelter<br>As they are confident of not tilting dangerously</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I used to see dreams in the eyes of most of the people<br>Who wait for their bus to come</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some plan a future<br>Some ponder over the past pains<br>Some visualize their daughter’s wedding<br>Some think of a comfort after their son’s employment<br>Some plan for their retired life<br>Some have a dialogue with their unseen gods<br>Some keep talking over their mobile phones<br>Some sit on me minding not the bird dropping on their shirt<br>Some do not mind the spider spinning its web<br>Just above their head on the tree branch<br>Some smoke<br>Some keep munching fried peanuts<br>All keep busy themselves</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some may not have even noticed<br>This silent observer<br>The milestone marked nine</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350729" data-title="The milestone marked nine de Bashyam Narayanan" data-description="The milestone marked nine I am by the side of a metro bus stop Under the shadow not-so-fully grown gulmohar tree Whose trunk is still protected by a tree guard Crows and mynas perching on this tree Often bless me with their droppings But I rema..."></div> </div> </div>

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