SOLO TRIP

When I told you about my solo trip to Ladakh

How all of you reacted, remember?

As if I had committed a crime

Or you caught me red handed with my lover!

The expression in your eyes left me astonished

How could you go alone? You told me mockingly

As if it’s a blasphemy

To think of going anywhere alone

As if I have no right to live my life without you

When you travelled with your friends so many times

Without even letting me know

I didn’t utter a single word, didn’t stopped you

Even my own children objected to my travel

They feared my safety and ignorance of worldliness

I could not believe my own eyes

How quickly humans change for their own benefit!

But this time I was firm about my plan

My plan to travel alone, to explore beyond these four walls

Nothing could stop me from living the moments

For myself, by myself and towards a better myself.