TRAFFIC
Honk, honk!, Give me my space,
I need to hurry even though I have
got no significant work in my boring
and dusty life of mine, said those
scooters with their muddy wheel guards.
Raging commuters, showing off their
half-colourful and boring helmets
plunge into gaps and hoping to somehow
reach the other side first, because…
I don’t know, they don’t really know too.
They just like the feeling of their machines
being on the other side, with the lead.
I don’t budge, refuse to plunge into gaps.
Honk, honk, honk! As their attitude is
displayed by the lifeless poor vehicle.
I still don’t move, and it turns into words.
“Go through there, there’s a lot of space.”
I say no, trying to tell my scooter to calm
down and that nothing was really wrong.
A tearing sound shows up behind, Oh, it’s
a “beast” as they call it, “Duke”, I see.
His show-off helmet saying, “Cut the bull
and get going through the damned gap”.
I am silent now, waiting for green to show
before they could rage out on the poor me
on a simple and grey commuting machine.
My nerves start jumping up, and I ask,
“Are you an ambulance?”. I can see now
that his face has reddened and he is now
ready to show his stupid, and unjustified
anger that made no real sense, no one did.
The Traffic Management saved me, by
throwing the green light on, so relieved.
I reach home, and the first thing that ever
took over my mind was the stupid incident.
Why are commuters so impatient? What have
they got to do after speeding through gaps,
skipping signals, and driving on the footpath?
I wonder if every angry commuter has an
emergency, if they really need that speed.
I wonder where the rules are going, when
“driving with safety” is only an eyewash.
Then it all became clear to me, as a thought
strayed its way into my mind, telling me,
“People, at gatherings, and whatnot, give
importance to their religion and see them
as their kind. They see clearly because of
names, behaviour and mass display. But
what is it with traffic? Can you really point to
a random person and tell where he belongs?
No. There is the answer. When people cannot
organise themselves where religion is no bar
and only a few simple rules are, then mankind
cannot see clear in all walks of life, and will
thus fail in making this world sustainable.”