~~~gOne are the days~~~

Our
Past 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!


When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Color
pencils and finally sketch pens!

When 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!

Gone are the days
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
still 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 don't shout even at home


Gone are the days
Where we got lectures from
all!

Now we give lectures to all...

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
.....

Gone are the Days.... But still there are
lot more Days to come in our Life!!

NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU
ARE ,
DONT FORGET TO
LIVE THE LIFE THAT
STILL

EXISTS....