The sneaky road has an end
but it is not visible;
The road is sloppy
but full of hurdles;
The tyre starts to roll
and gently rolls on;
It hits bumps
stumps and rolls on;
It rolls over blades
and suffers cuts;
It gets caught up in a ditch
in a deep hollow ditch;
A passer-by moves closer
and gives it a kick;
The tyre rolls on again
steadily on and on;
The tyre rolls on fast
and sometimes slow;
It looks as if there is no end
but down there is the end;
Maybe very far from here
or just very soon.
This poem is about a tyre rolling which figuratively means the journey of life of an individual. Indeed, the road is sloppy since time never stops. The hardships in life are the ‘hurdles’ they include ‘bumps’, ‘blades’ and life threatening ones like ‘a deep hollow ditch’. Some get swallowed forever in the ditch while some survive through helps of any kind, for example, ‘a passerby’. There is surely an end to the road since we all have to die someday. Just that we do not know if it is very far from now or just very soon.
The poetic devices include Imagery, repetition and alliteration.