Gone Are the Days.... Part- I
gone r the days
when the school reopened in june
& v settled in our new desks & benches.
gone r the days
when v queued up in book depot
& got our new books & notes.
gone r the days
when v wanted 2 sundays & no mondays yet
managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
gone r the days
v learnt writing with slates & pencils
& progressed to fountain pens & ball pens & then to micro tips.
gone r the days
v began drawing with crayons & evolved to color pencils
& finally sketch & tube colors.
gone r the days
we started calculating first with tables
& then advanced to calculators & to computers.
gone r the days
when v chased one another in the corridors in intervals
& returned to the classrooms drenched in sweat.
gone r the days
when v had lunch in classrooms, corridors, playgrounds,
under the trees & even in cycle sheds.
gone r the days
when all the colors in the world
decorated the campus on the second saturdays.
gone r the days
when a single PT period in the week's time-table
was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons.
gone r the days
when cricket was played with writing pads as bats
& neckties & socks rolled into balls.
gone r the days
when few played "kabadi" & "kho-kho" in scorching sun
while others simply played "book cricket" in the confines of the classroom.
gone r the days
of fights but no conspiracies
of competitions but seldom jealousy.
gone r the days
when v used to watch live cricket telecasts
in the opposite house in intervals & lunch breaks.
gone r the days
when few rushed early to
"conquer" window seats in the bus.
gone r the days
while few had tiffin, others had "kulfi ice-cream",
"vada pav" & "pepsi" in lunch hours.
gone r the days
of sports day & the annual school day
& the one-month long preparations for them.
gone r the days
of tenth standard when v spent almost
the whole year writing revision tests.
gone r the days
v learnt,v enjoyed,v played,v won,v lost
v laughed,v cried,v fought,v thought.
Copyright © Shilpa Karthik | Year Posted 2007
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