Everyday In A Metro

Morning and Evening
Brushing and Rushing
Rushing and Crushing
To work and off work
Everyday in a Metro

Gold class or Silver class
Once on a Metro
In the rush hour,
Only cattle class.

Cattle class not the ex-UN Indian* style
Cattle class the workaholic Dubai style

One Metro
One ride
One motive.

Different colors.
Not the skin
but the mind
A mind so small
that only colors it sees.

But all I see...
Everybody rushing
Everybody squeezing in
Everybody hurrying
All for the fear of the Master
The same Master
Enslaves all;
The Master who pays for the ride.

Different people
Different attire
Different emotions
Different destinations
One motive.

Life everyday in a Metro.

*Shashi Tharoor