I can’t stop myself from thinking,
My eyes are still blinking.
How can it all be over so soon?
Feels like just yesterday when I came in.
I was covered in uncertainty that very first day,
But you all made it so easy for me to stay.
All at once I forgot my tears,
Even though it was my very first year.
When that pain got unbearable,
You tried to bring a smile on my face.
Whenever it was not an easy case,
You were a symbol of his amazing grace.
In my darkest disappointments,
You became a beacon of light.
You picked me up when I was crushed into pieces.
You always encouraged me to play my aces.
The emptiness inside kills me,
When it reverberates with the deserted hostel,
Oh!!I can hear that ringing bell,
It tells me I have to leave this place.
I have been watching everyone of you go one by one
Its time for me now, and I’m that one to go.
A word of thanks and a heart full of prayers,
I have only to give you all.
I wish we will be together someday once again,
When once again we will find each other.
Take care you all, friends till the end.
I remember those happy stays.
I wish I could have them back
As I really miss those lovely tracks.
Those mornings with the envelope of fog,
Waiting for the sunshine to clear it out.
All the kids blowing the balloons,
Having fun and behaving like toons.
Singing songs and dancing around,
The smiling faces laughing aloud.
The cool wind blowing through our hair,
Easing the pain and all our cares.
The picturesque green tea gardens,
The meandering rivers down the valley,
The sound of water gushing past the rocks,
The rising peaks in the backdrop.
The travelling with all our loved ones,
Cooking food in the open air.
Eating lunch sitting in a circle,
Leaving our footsteps on the riverside sands.
You walked in to this place?
I was walking on the same path
Looking at the leaves falling down.
I felt the change in the air,
When my eyes found you there.
You seemed so lost and I guess
You needed someone to show you the way.
We’re all looking for a place called home,
We’re all trying for not to be left alone.
I stretched out my hand and you gave yours,
You smiled at me and I got a crush.
We walked along in the rain,
In the sun down that lane.
One fine day as I walked by,
I saw the signs of change once again.
The dark clouds gathered in the sky
And soon it began to rain.
You waved your hand wishing me goodbye
And I could just look up at the sky.
I walked back thinking about you;
The leaves lay on the road.
I just smiled and carried on.
I wished it had a perfect ending,
But I can just keep wishing.
I’m in a complete mess,
And I can’t take this in excess.
I’m losing this fight,
I’m breaking down under these circumstances.
I just want to hang on and don’t give up,
Keep fighting, till I get through this.
Overburdened, exhausted I’ve been,
All this time lost in the woods of struggle.
Finding your way through woods ain’t that easy,
I’m waiting for that one exit.
I’ve been let down by best of friends;
I’ve been carrying on just cause of one of them.
I’m on the brink of losing myself,
I’m waiting for the daylight after the darkness.
But I can just keep wishing.
I’m in a complete mess,
And I can’t take this in excess.
I’m losing this fight,
I’m breaking down under these circumstances.
I just want to hang on and don’t give up,
Keep fighting, till I get through this.
Overburdened, exhausted I’ve been,
All this time lost in the woods of struggle.
Finding your way through woods ain’t that easy,
I’m waiting for that one exit.
I’ve been let down by best of friends;
I’ve been carrying on just cause of one of them.
I’m on the brink of losing myself,
I’m waiting for the daylight after the darkness.
Seasons come and go and we just see it,
Summer fades out and brings in the rain.
In this wonderful journey of ours we keep walking,
All of us in a path of our own, with different places to go.
A period in time brings us all together,
And the journey goes on and on,
But the autumn comes in as we walk by,
We see the leaves falling down.
A bend around the corner awaits us all,
Leading to the unknown, we have to face that alone.
The good times make us wishing going back in time,
The spring waits to set in, as we walk down that memory lane.
The sun had risen and a new day had just begun.
School days had just become past and it was time to step in the college,
New faces, from different places what a collection it was,
Excited, expectant, and zealously everyone looked forward;
The years ahead were unknown, mysterious and surprising.
We got bored, irritated, frustrated with no scope for an uprising,
Days past we grumbled, but nothing would change;
But our camaraderie ripened and friendships began to develop.
Some would blossom, bloom and last forever till the end,
Some just took off and then ended in a crash.
That’s sad but that’s how things go at times,
But life’s spirit never let us down and kept pushing us on.
Step by step we moved forward and treaded our own paths
Towards our dreams and goals and an unpredictable future.
The hostels would never disappoint with the life it housed,
The hustle and bustle, noisy corridors and the loud music,
The rollicking four seaters and the companionship developed,
Loud screams at night and it was someone’s birthday.
The counterstrike warfare, or the need for speed,
The craze for the beautiful game and the head breaking
Age of empires, all engrossed many of us.
Life would teach us lessons along the way,
We loved and lost but we never gave up;
We passed and failed but we carried on, with
More wisdom and understanding learning from the past.
All along we lost track of time,
The day was coming to a close and we couldn’t run away from it,
The time to part had come once again,
My heart grew heavy and tears rolled down my eyes.
Everyone would go away and get lost in the crowd,
Whether friends would meet again will remain unanswered.
One thing was for sure, we would never get these days back:
Memories were all we could carry with us in our hearts.
I looked up in the twilight sky thinking of all that I would miss,
All that it could have been and some that never could be.
I closed my eyes, as all those carefree days flashed in front me;
I walked towards home awaiting another brand new day.