Road Maps for the Future

My blogger friend, Kavi Arasu appears here after a long time, with this wonderful photo taken in the Muir Woods in Northern California, during his recent travels, and with a wonderful post for the New Year , which you can read here.

As he says , " On a drive to Muir woods, CA. The road was inviting, stellar and simply still. Yet so very alive and full of possibilities. That's my wish for you in 2012 !"

I happened to recall my younger days as a graduate student in the US, in the early 70's, learning road rules before taking the driving test, and simply remembered  the meaning of unbroken double yellow lines  on the road .

Sometimes the road also speaks....

(photograph by Kavi Arasu) 

The Path
to the Future,
stretches ahead,
sun-dappled,
tree-studded,
undulating at times,
perhaps
occasionally straightening
in realization
of responsibility.

At all times,
displaying
the double yellow lines,
of anger,
violence,
defiance,
revenge,
lies,
wild ambition
and disobedience
that we must never cross,
except
where allowed
in an emergency,
but
with
great understanding
humility,
empathy,
respect and
grace.

And
maybe,
one day,
those upright,
sturdy,
hardy,
old redwoods
on the roadside,
greatly stirred,
will nod at each other
in the breeze,
perhaps shedding a few leaves,
and
maybe wiping a few dew drops ,
and say,
"You'll do well, son !
You learned well ...."