Automobile

Sitting in a metal box

breathing in intoxicating air

hurtling from here to there

at breakneck speed -

mostly getting nowhere.

We haven’t come

particularly far

since man’s ascent

from sea to land

from land to tree,

and finally to stand.

Even though

he’s mastered air,

and even dared

to broach the planet’s

mantle fair

in search of new horizons.

Evolved till precious life itself

can be prolonged.

Unlimited ambition

which unfettered, strives

for goals that until recently

would seem like heresy

to lesser souls.

As patiently

they contemplate

the meek acceptance

of their fate

that’s hardly fitting

hardly fair, breathing in

intoxicating air

whilst humbly

sitting in a metal box.

11^th June 2011