It was written in DNA format
Presented in sparkling rainbow colours
Promoted by the distinguished class
Deodorized by the top brass
Embellished with more glistening colours
Projected by the ubiquitous paparazzi
Approved of by wise men and women
Honoured by all who matter in the realm
Propped up by family and friends, foes and fiends
Held high in hearts unending
Granted the benefit of the doubt
Always expected to transcend the limit
And excel
No excuse for sleeping dreams
Colleagues from college
Called it the epitome of knowledge
For starters that was just a starter
With eyes projected upwards
Where hope dwelled
The limit was far beyond the skies
With a heart amply unbolted
To embrace all shinning golden
There was no excuse for sleeping dreams
With limbs ready to go
Whether up above…or down below
With limbs ready to do
Whether asked to…or not to
With expectations elevated beyond reality
The limit must penetrate the skies
Certainly!
Then
But then…
The enveloping darkness
The overpowering task in the dark
From dawn to dusk
Wrenched all hope from a heart
And converted all into tears
All tears
Red bloody tears
Coercing and coaxing did the same job
Coercion and persuasion did not take that one to the top
Harm had done a better job
By offloading real ambition from a chest
And paying it back to chest
It turned out to be a big big blow
Slowly it had started
Then it had escalated
Upwards to a fully blown racket
Downwards to an unbearable shocker
Would be so long…so very long
Before it would return to its socket
…if ever
Colleagues from college
Called it wasted knowledge
Wasted toiling endeavour
Wondering why others made it at the crucial stage
Appalled at the darkened reality
Wondering why talents had remained buried
Buried since eternity
Open spaces called opportunities
Were alien and foreign matter
Even when these were not classed among urgent matters
The race was run only within
Within a boundary set for the only one
Alone
Falling out only preceded a falling through
Alone
At the end of the dark alley
Hope was projected downwards
Kept at bay
Buried till eternity
Buried till the next time
…if ever
