Gone are the DAYS but not the MEMORIES

Gone are the days

When

The school reopened in June,

And we settled in our new desks and

benches.

When we queued up in book depot,

And got our new books

and notes.

When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet

managed

to line up daily for the morning prayers.

We learnt writing with

slates and pencils, and

Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and

then

Micro tips.

We began drawing with crayons and evolved

to

Colour pencils and finally sketch pens.

We started calculating

first with tables and then with

Clarke's tables and advanced to

calculators and

computers.

When we chased one another in the

corridors in

Intervals, and returned to the classrooms

Drenched in

sweat.

When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,

Playgrounds,

under the trees and even in cycle sheds.

When all the colors in the

world,

Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays.

When a single

P.T. period in the week's Time Table,

Was awaited more eagerly than

the monsoons.

When cricket was played with writing pads as

bats,

And Neckties and socks rolled into balls.

When few played

"kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,

While others simply played

"book cricket" in the

Confines of classroom.

Of fights but no

conspiracies,

Of Competitions but seldom jealousy.

When we used to

watch Live Cricket telecast,

In the opposite house in Intervals and

Lunch breaks.

When few rushed at 3:45 to

"Conquer" window seats in

our School bus.

While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint",

"

kulfi", " milk ice !" and "sharbat !" at 4o Clock.

Gone are the days

Of Sports Day,

and the annual School Day ,

And the one-month long

preparations for them.

Gone are the days Of the stressful

Quarterly,

Half Yearly and Annual Exams, And the most

enjoyed

holidays after them.

Of tenth and twelfth standards, when

we

Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests.

We learnt,

we enjoyed, we played, we won, we lost,

We laughed, we cried, we

fought, we thought.

With so much fun in them, so many friends,

So

much experience , all this and more.

Gone are the days when we used

to talk for hours with our friends.

Now we don't have time to say a

HI.

Gone are the days when we played games on the road.

Now we

code on the road with laptop.

Gone are the days when we saw stars

shining at night.

Now we see stars when our code doesn't

work.

Gone are the days when we sat to chat with friends on

grounds.

Now we chat in chat rooms.....

Gone are the days where we

studied just to pass.

Now we study to save our job

Gone are the

days where we had no money in our pockets and fun filled

on our

hearts

Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty

heart

Gone are the days where we shouted on the road.

Now we dont

shout even at home

Gone are the days where we got lectures from

all.

Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing

now....

Gone are the days

But not the memories, which will

be

Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and

Ever and ever and

Ever .....

NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,

DONT FORGET TO

LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL

EXISTS.