Gone

Gone are the days I used to wake up cheerfully to bright summer
mornings.
Gone are the days I donned a genuine smile on my face, instead of
this fake one that I have oh so beautifully mastered.
Gone are the days I used to wonder what is it that makes this world
so perfect.
Gone are the days I used to get marks above average in class.
Gone are the days I used to listen in each and every class.
Gone are the days I felt good about caring for someone.
Gone are the days I looked at a thing of beauty and admired it.
Gone are the days I wrote down every conversation I had with people I considered special.
Gone are the days I used to feel special.
Gone are the days I used to feel visible.
Gone are the days I thought I was lucky.
Gone are the days I had firm, unshakable principles of living.
Gone are the days I went to sleep with a calming feeling of satisfaction.

21 comments:

  1. Gone are the days when I used to be myself.
    You're beginning to think like me.
    I have competition, is it?

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  2. Beautiful! That one line makes the point amply clear.
    Ah, you are excellent in your own way. Who can reach there?
    Yeah, baby! You've got competition!

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  3. Doesn't this happen to *all* after entering IIT? That makes it a lot of competition :)

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  4. well..true there's lots of competition but amidst that crowd there are peole like me who simply say :"Gone are the days I used to contemplate about stuff like this" Ouch...reality bites,very hard.

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  5. @Prasanna
    I can't really say I'm glad it happens to all but yeah, lots of competition! Heh.

    @Kirtika
    Atta girl! Just let them go.

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  6. Even though this happens, I feel junta would look down upon their years at IIT as some of the best years of their lives.

    Ironic? Well, lets see what happens to us :D

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  7. @Prasanna
    I'm sure I'd look back at insti life in the same way.

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  8. wow..aptly summed up a transformation dat all of us undergo at some point in life and perhaps for the best[:)]
    pity about the smile though...

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  9. Well, talking about bright summer mornings in spring, you are bound to feel all this stuff!

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  10. If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. :)

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  11. @Ziauddin
    Heh. Wonder what's the for-the-best part in this.
    Ah! The smile.. you know you can bring it back anyday. ;)

    @Whitelighter
    Heh. Chuck the bright summer morning and the feeling still holds.

    @Sebastian
    If nothing ever stayed constant, we would choose one over all the various forms. :)

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  12. Gone are the days, I used to like your blogs .........

    Jus Kidding ......... :P
    Nice .....

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  13. gone are the days when u posted something good on this blog.... :P

    Nice one

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  14. hey ..chinky nice one....guess wat..??me too scribbled a poem recently....lol...but cant publish it tho...:P hmm....gud to c u here after lyk 2 whole months...keep blogging...

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  15. @Deepak, Taz
    Thanks for pitching in with not-so-ishtud lines. :P

    @Nee
    Why can't you publish it? Send it to me, atleast na. Good to see you too.

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  16. I thought gone are the days you have time to mope around ?

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  17. Hmmm.. nice poem.. but cmon ..as ppl hav commented before me, i guess this competiton, (sometimes) this cupping is wat makes life complete..:P

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  18. @Akila
    Incompleteness steers you forward. What's there after completeness?

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  19. @Jinesh
    Yeah, it's first page stuff.

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