Overshadow

Vacation Out of Station

Vacation, out of station

To escape the routine

To be in a place we’ve never been

To do things anonymously

To do things glamorously

To see and be seen

In this exotic locality

With all its ancient history

Its cuisine and value for money

Such reasonable deals

Big meals and the best views

Just like they said in the guidebooks

We rush to take a closer look

At all that is overbooked

Collect trophy pictures of locals

In all their grand costumed culture

Never mind on TV its sheer torture

In the name of mid-life education

We nod and plod along

In this unfamiliar situation

German bakery, Italian pizza, French pastry,

American burgers, Israeli falafels, Korean kimchi

Continental or Indian it all starts to taste the same

Same nothing different

Rent a bike, rent a view, rent a friend

Run out of money and the renting ends

A hundred ‘like’s later the photos fade away

Inevitably someone else has had a better stay

Need to get out of station from such a vacation

And be at home in the inner being

Where no cameras can click and go public

Where no money can do its trick

This is where one finds true rest

From the ridiculous race to clear tests and be the best

It’s here that we need a revelation

It’s from here that we venture into an adventure

It’s from this destination that we go out of station