Modjo

Everything under the sun is in tune......
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon......
PINK FLOYD

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
for daily morning prayers.
We learnt writing with pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and
then to 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" 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 few rushed at 3:45 to "Conquer" window seats in our School bus.
While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint" and
" milk ice !" 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
But not the memories, which will
be Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and
Ever and ever and Ever .....

Sad nah? How often we overlook our responsibilities......
We must be the change we wish to see in the world.....