I Resolve Poem by NAYYAR SHABBIR AHMAD

I'm sitting in this plushy
Though incredibly miserable
Hotel room
Feeling terribly low

It's raining outside
It's been raining for ever
There's simply no place to go

What do I do...?
Nothing....!
I'm new to this Country
New to this Town
I know no one
And, I wish I didn't have to
Hang around

I start missing home
Something I thought
I'd taken a break from -
How wrong I was!

I reach for the phone
Dial long distance
And, hear the ring tone
'Pick it up', I declare
But, there's no one at the other end
Of the line

And, that gets me thinking:
How I wish
I wish
I was at home
Right this very minute
Yes
There's no place like it
There really isn't!

Strange therefore
When I'm home
I don't appreciate it enough

I'm like most other people
My large family irritates me
It always seems to be under my feet!

How many times-I ask myself-have
I yelled:
Who messed up my news-paper?
How often have I asked you to 'knock'
before you enter my room?
Must your Radio be quite so loud?
Some of us are trying to work!
Get out of the bathroom-quick! I need
to use it - and-much, much more...
Sound familiar?

Now that I'm away from home
I resolve
To mend my ways