<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451706" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>While Going On A Highway</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">We were going on a holiday, <br>And as we came on the highway.<br>I quietly prayed<br>For one nagging fact <br>Was weighing on my mind-<br>The state of the highway and the bumpy ride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I shifted my glance to the wayside farms, <br>And tried to remain calm.<br>Though my nerves were taut<br>I took out my pen and pad and wrote.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soon my mind got distracted, <br>And the sights of the road attracted<br>And aroused my sense of humour.<br>I was overcome with fervour.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A herd of donkeys and a truck overloaded with sugarcane<br>Caught my eye from the windowpane, <br>There were pedestrians and cyclists<br>Who were trying to save themselves from being hit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In a mad race<br>All trying to find space.<br>I began to feel light<br>It was truly a sight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The road was full of chaos<br>It filled me with pathos.<br>Blaring horns, mad rush to overtake, <br>Who cares if others lives are at stake? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is India really on the move? <br>The traffic on the road didn’t prove.<br>We really have no civic sense, <br>I helplessly felt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I put my head against the back rest<br>And recalled the expressions of the guests, <br>From overseas, who are amazed<br>How we can drive and remain unfazed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I said it is not really funny, <br>But the truth is we put our fate in the hands of destiny.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mamta+Agarwal">Mamta Agarwal</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=451706" data-title="While Going On A Highway de Mamta Agarwal" data-description="We were going on a holiday, And as we came on the highway. I quietly prayed For one nagging fact Was weighing on my mind- The state of the highway and the bumpy ride. I shifted my glance to the wayside farms, And tried to remain calm. Though m..."></div> </div> </div>

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