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 on end
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 rested
The limit was far beyond the skies
With a heart amply unmoored
To embrace all glistening golden
Golden glitters
There was no excuse for sleeping dreams
With limbs ready to move
Whether up above, or down below
With limbs ready to act
Whether asked to, or not to
With expectations elevated beyond the reality
The limit must penetrate the skies
Certainly!
Then!
But then, the enveloping darkness
The overpowering darkness, from dawn to dusk
Wrung 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 punch in the chest
Slowly it had started, and drifted
Then it had escalated, upwards
To a full-blown racket
Downwards to an unbelievable shocker
Would it be
Should it be
Could it be so long, so very long
Before it returns into its socket…if ever?
Colleagues from college
Called it wasted knowledge
Wasted endeavour, wasted opportunity
Wondering why others made it at the crucial moment
Appalled at the darkened reality
Wondering why geniuses had remained buried
Buried since the beginning of eternity
Open spaces called opportunities
Were alien and foreign matter
The race was run only within
Whether casual or urgent matters
The race was run only within
Within a boundary set for the only one
And falling through only preceded a falling out
At the end of the dark alley
Hope was projected downwards, held at bay
Buried till the end of eternity
Buried till the next time
…if ever!
