Twenty Minute Drive

Strutting down the pavement
Chin up, hands in pocket
Take a deep breathe in
The chilly air of the river.

Flowing along the artery
There is so much life, yet
Strange come outdoors
To dive back into virtual realities?

Pausing down the pathway
The couples - old and new
The families - two or three
Receive glances of sheer jealousy. .

Sauntering through the street
The boy with the bright red shoes
Matching his girl's lovely rosy lips
A smile and a smirk tied in a bow. .

Ambling along the avenue
Watching the grey haired woman
Watch the sky merge from purple
To pink to grey to jet black.

Lingering for a moment
Behind the syndicate of oldies
Hiding from their distraught wives
Imbibing the beauty of the Ganges.

Traipsing through the trail
Avoiding the eve teasers
And mischief makers
To see the familiar lights
Smeared across the horizon.

Twenty minutes
To walk the length of the drive
Twenty minutes
Of animated Homo Sapiens
Twenty minutes
For inner peace & tranquility.