Tuesday, 28 June 2016

An Ode to the Four Years of College Life

Some of you are going to be in my wedding.
Some of you are going to be in the same company.
Some of you are going to slowly fade out of my life, not because we want it to but because life will get in the way.
Some of you I'll never see again after I walk away from this place.

But you all have left a mark on me.

I can't have you all, I want to, but I can't .
Never again will I have you all surrounding me,my second family.
Never again will life be this easy, this effortless.
Never again will I have you all just few blocks away, a phone call away.
Never again will I have you all at 3 AM in morning preparing for exams.
Never again will those four years return..
never ever.

Soon you all will be taken away from me.
Not with force  but..
just in a "this is life" kind of way.
We are all going to be pulled in different directions,as we move to adulthood
Real Adulthood.

We are not going to live in four BHK eight person apartment anymore.
Where empty bottles of alcohol adorned the floors, proudly.
Where broken furniture, haphazardly, welcomed us , every day.
Our very own little, messy, chaotic, beautiful home.

We'll be grown ups thanks to hefty paychecks and busy schedules.
Soon you all be residing in two person apartments.
Trying to adjust to the errie peace that you return to, each day, after work.
Never before silence will seem so horribly loud.

We may meet at weekends over  dinners to share and cherish memories of the past.
But like always, life will get in the way.
Visits will become more rare.
Meet ups more sporadic.
We'll find new friends, new routines, new hangouts in our respective cities.
We'll tag each other on Facebook to remind us of good old times.
To remind us who we are, together.
Those candid photos that could beat your adhar card to the "Crown of Ugliest"
I would see them with a smile on my face.
But soon, we all will count on enagements and marriages to stop doing what we do and spend a weekend together.

Even if we do stay close, fight to stay in touch.
Things will change . That's okay.
Because we can't stay away hidden in this bubble
Away from very things we  actually came to learn.
We have to adjust, to live out this friendship under new circumstances.
Because things are always going to change.

When I leave this place, it will hurt.
Because you all brought me such joy, such pure happiness.
You taught me things that even you don't know you taught me.
You all are the reason I am different person today than I was four years ago when I arrived here, awestruck and petrified.

If we ever return to this place, It won't be the same.
New people, New energy, New buildings, New atmosphere.
But we all will remember it as a piece of life, the minute we stepped into the campus.
But in a way our experiences are immortal, secure from new constructions, changing weather, different batches,
From anything that will ever try to change it.

These last four years will always stay between you and me.
No matter what happens.
For that is the best home experience, away from home we all could get.

Dedicated to Batch of [2012-2016]
Life goes on, memories stay.