A Journey Worth Remembering

Crossing the class door for the last time,

I felt that I have committed a great crime.

With wet eyes and gloomy face,

I step down the lonely stairs.

Thinking of something lost, and calculating of how much does it cost.

With vacuum in my heart and with numb hands,

I started to gather up the golden moments of my life.

The first step which I extended to this institution,

Holding my father’s fingers,

Full of purity and charm,

And unknown to this mystic world.

In blue shorts and white shirt,

I was just like a new born bird.

Then I met a lady who took me in her arm,

And I could only see my father.

Bidding me goodbye…………………..

I found myself all alone,

Craving for my father.

But then I realised that it wasn’t so,

There were many like me, with whom I have to go.

It was here I learned the power of friendship,

And got enlightened with knowledge.

The passage linking those 26 alphabets started here,

From thin books to thick one,

From nursery rhymes to long poetry,

From 1,2,3….. to long equations,

This was an awesome and eventful journey.

Breaking the lines, standing in assemblies,

Bunking the class, sharing the tiffins,

Waiting for recess, playing on the field,

Crowding the canteen, joys of punishments,

Quarrelling and blaming each other,

Those astonishing question papers and condolence after results.

From Montfort School to MIC,

From LKG to class Xll,

From boys of Montfort to students of Montfort,

From childhood to teenage ,

Readers and listeners believe it or not,

This passage through Montfort is worth remembering for me,

It all started when I was 6 introducing myself,

And now I am 17, standing again,

At the gates of Montfort,

Not to be welcomed but to be bade goodbye,

FOREVER……………………………………….