As I walked along the ridge <br />I crossed life span’s bridge <br />To my amaze <br />Unseeing – fixated gaze <br />On one side of the narrow track <br />Was a continuous barrage of flak <br />On the other, a bottomless pit <br />What if I had strayed a wee bit? <br /> <br />Shaken by the thought, my feet faltered <br />What if the path had been altered? <br />Caution! I said to myself in my mind <br />Must warn the one following behind. <br /> <br />But alas! He thought he was already there <br />An old cautious fool like I – a square. <br /> <br />I cajoled, beseeched him not to stray <br />He said why look at inane contours
