Road

You plan your trip and your destination

You decide on the routes to take

considering every ramification.

Armed with all the details and plans

you set out on the road

but then

road takes over from you implementing its own plan.

At places it is smooth as butter, luring you to speed through it

enjoying the thrill of being in charge

And then, suddenly there are bumps and potholes

giving you a reality jerk, very harsh.

At places it is straight as pine

you may glide and even take your eyes off it

At places it gets serpentine

with twists and turns

you need to be alert and make the right moves

a wrong one can put you on an unwanted u-turn.

This way your journey goes on

sometimes the road is guiding you

sometimes it becomes part of your crew.

And then one day, you reach your destination

and your journey ends

You bid adieu to the road

and it moves on and on

guiding some other traveller to his destination.

Such is a road

Is it any different from life?