Wednesday, July 7, 2010

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

As we all parted beneath that familiar sky
I knew it was the last meeting as we had to soar high
All those ten years that we have spent together
Are moving in my mind and will be there forever

God knows if we will ever meet again
If ever we'll be able to play in the rain
During the recess and going to classes all wet
Guys!y'all are the best people that i ever met

All those things that we did are are coming back to me
Bunking classes and tellin the teacher"i went to submit the fee"
Eating the tiffin during the classes in a hurry
And hence spilling the whole lunch full of curry

I want to laugh at those things that we did
But then i remember something sad;a kid
Who i sat by in the class,but i barely knew him
for we had never talked,but i do remember his unusual vim

I wish i had more time left at my school
For i wanted to know this kid whom all called fool
I dont know why they called him so
But that kid did not have a single foe

Everyone mocked him and made fun
when he'd had enough,he used to run
Away from those students of my class
He went and hid under the long green grass

Years passed,we all became man of success
we all were living busy lives full of stress
But somehow i got this urge to seek
about the same kid whom we all called a freak

And hence i searched the school records
And found his permanent house address
I went to his house and knocked
a lady came out looking shocked

Then she asked me "who are you"?
"I am andy's friend who couldnt bid adieu"
Then that lady who was looking quite sad
Told me something about that lonely lad

And i came to know that while i've been busy on my success ride
That fool,freak and lonesome kid had committed suicide
I tried in vain to remember his exuberant face
But i could only say "REQUIESCAT IN PACE"

NOTA BENE:requiescat in pace means REST IN PEACE IN LATIN

1 comment:

  1. "And i came to know that while i've been busy on my success ride,
    That fool,freak and lonesome kid had committed suicide"

    How unreal we are! We just dont know that the same thing that has given us happiness, has brought sadness to sumbody else.
    Beautiful poem!

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