Gone are the days
when the school reopened in June,
and we settled in our new desks and benches;
Gone are the days
when we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
managed to line up daily for the morning prayers;
Gone are the days
we learnt writing with slates and pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips;
Gone are the days
We began drawing with crayons and evolved to Colour pencils and finally sketch pens;
Gone are the days
we started calculating first with tables and then with Clarke's tables and advanced to calculators and computers;
Gone are the days
when we chased one another in the corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms drenched in sweat;
Gone are the days
when we had lunch in dinning hall, and sometimes ran away from the school for those samosas and dabelis;
Gone are the days
when all the colors in the world,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays;
Gone are the days
when a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons;
Gone are the days
when cricket was played with writing pads as bats,and Neckties and hanky rolled into balls;
Gone are the days
when few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,while others simply played "book cricket" in the Confines of classroom;
Gone are the days
of fights but no conspiracies,Of Competitions but seldom jealousy;
Gone are the days
when we used to watch Live Cricket telecast,in the hostel in Intervals and Lunch breaks;
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;
Gone are the days
we learnt, we enjoyed, we played, we won, we lost,
we laughed, we cried, we fought, we thought;
Gone are the days
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 it doesn’t look good ;
Gone are the days when we saw stars shining at night.
Now we see stars when our effort 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 don't 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.....
P.S ( I received this over email)
