ROADS OF MANY COLOURS

Everybody has to make choices. Which book? Which clothes? Which sport? Stuff like these....I did too, but not before getting my exasperated mind fried and dazed by meticulously analyzing, studying and pruning all the options, which can be a weary task. I bring out my predicament in the following verses.......

Oh, what to do and what to say?
I've never been stumped until this day
Roads diverging in front of me
Of different hues, for me to see.


I'm feeling a bit like Robert Frost
Utterly and truly lost
Except,in front of me, not two roads but many
Which one to take, I can't bet a penny.


Career choices for me to make
Not an easy decision to take
For it is the indispensable choice of life
More like a husband who chooses his wife.


The road to 'Engineering' is grim as lead
But see, I don't wanna end up dead
Coz it's only for geniuses, with talents real
I'd say, definitely, not my deal.


'Food Technology' is the way to go
Of the emerging fields, it's a good show
I'll have to eat cakes, cookies & mutton
A suitable job for such a glutton!


'Hotel Management'-Now that's neat
Comb my hair and wash my feet
Then endure abuses with a charming smile
Nope-not my thing-not by a mile.


'Biotechnology' sounds really good
Believe me, I'd do it, if I could
Great to do some good research
But there's gonna be a long job search.


'Business' management's super groovy
More like a 'happy ending' movie
The job's trendy, the bucks are high
My family doesn't agree, I don't know why.


'English honours' is uber cool
A respected, glamorous and handy tool
To propel me among the best of writers
But impossible-with a family of fighters.


'Journalism' is actually my dream
There exists no better stream
But then I realize-the pay's meagre
And suddenly I find, I'm not so eager!


Plethora of choices, options galore
Let's see which one comes to the fore
But for now I really can't find
The right decision, with a fickle mind.


Roads of many colours lie ahead
Mottled hues of Blue, Green and Red
At the huge expanse, I stare and say
'I hope I don't get lost on the way.'



---------------------------------------by Mo'Steel------------------------------------