Enduring Life

racing ahead
cars buses taxis rickshaws
crisscross

rickshaw puller
singing of far-flung love . . .
dripping with sweat

homeless man
enthroned on the traffic island
watching life flash by

old tourist
tripping on the sidewalk
crouched on the hawker's wares

squeezing out
of the crammed double decker
torn sleeve

traffic jam
between ambulance sirens
cries of a newborn

Ronny Noor is a Professor of English and educator at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.