Gone Days -2 ...

Gone are the days!!! My Friend...
When school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and benches!
When we queued up in the book depot,
And got our new books and notes!
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays and 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 withClarke'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 , orchestra
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!
Gone are the days
When we played games on the road!
Gone are the days
When we saw stars shining at Night!
Gone are the days
When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Gone are the days
Where we studied just to pass!
Gone are the days
Where we had no money in our pockets and yet the world
And our hearts were full of happiness.
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!
Gone are the days
But not the memories, which will Linger in our hearts
For ever and ever and
Ever and ever and ever .....


Donot want to spoil the readers mind by writing anythng...
Tnx 2 Sarat...