The Escalator Poem by RAJ NANDY

THE ESCALATOR

The escalator, like time, in a user friendly
mode,
Takes you up gently, without feeling the
load!
You may step out when you reach, your desired
destination, -
To catch a train, meet a friend, or for a business
deliberation!
The escalator keeps moving ahead, and never
in reverse,
Ushering in the future, leaving behind the past!
While like the time it circles, like the clock
in motion,
Silently and gently, without display of emotions!
But, should life's escalator suddenly stop, during
its climb;
You get frozen like a black and white negative,
in time!
When manually on other's shoulders your body
gets carried through,
While you escalate towards heaven, for an
eternal view!

-Raj Nandy
New Delhi
02 Mar 08