The Visit Poem by NAYYAR SHABBIR AHMAD

On certain visits
people wish to be
somewhere other than
where they presently are
Could it be that they’re there
out of something akin to
formality?
Duty?
Necessity?

If
something like all three
why didn’t they go
directly to where they
actually wanted to go?

Instead of
chopping and changing course
and, forcing themselves to go
where they didn’t want?

Is it because
they wish to feel good within themselves?

And, are they so very certain
that the real reason for their visit
Is their secret
And, theirs alone?