His dreams His aspirations
His plans His ambitions
My path chalked out by an alien mind.
I see my child’s face
In it I seek joy
Is this then the compensation
For my dreams my aspirations
my plans my ambitions
and at times when the soul hits rock bottom
he flings love at me
like a discount coupon
I look out at the track I followed
Which slips behind
For the turns I missed
& the stations disembarked
If life’s a journey
Then it must be in someone else’s land
I got off at the last station
With a discount coupon in hand

Shahin Sebastian