It was a long time ago

That we wore the uniform

That defined our school.

 

It was a long time ago

That we moved up from Nursery to Twelve

That defined our school.

 

It was a long time ago

That we hardly entered late for classes

That defined our school.

 

It was a long time ago

That our parents dragged us out of sleep

For we had our school.

 

It was a long time ago

That we were stuffed in school bus like teddy bears

For we had our school.

 

It was a long time ago

That we started to enter adolescence

It was in our days of school.

 

It was a long time ago

That certain subjects became nightmares

In our days of school.

 

It was a long time ago

That a certain teacher became a hero

In the days of our school.

 

It was a long time ago

That every competition seemed the last

It was the days of our school.

 

It was a long time ago

That junk food tasted the best

No anxieties during those days of school.

 

It was a long time ago

That a casual female gaze mattered

For every look seemed to flatter.

 

It was a long time ago

That the world never seemed to get boring

For there were friends fantastic.

 

It was a time, a long time ago

A lot many things happened

Simple but significant

That would again never happen

Those were the school days

Days of sun, days of rain and days of winter

Moments bygone!

                                                                     ~Debdoot Mukherjee

                                                                    Kolkata, India