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                   Amidst much fanfare and pomp he was born

                   and there assembled a throng to welcome him

                   his mother was ecstatic though very worn

                   they all felt they had never so happy been.

 

                   Taking his first steps or saying his first words

                   whatever he did was never less than astonishing

                   everything was applauded and with a chocolate rewarded

                   he seemed to have a future nothing less than promising.

 

                   School was his second home and he was the favourite

                   of teachers and friends , all for different reasons

                   he topped the papers and excelled at things that mattered

                   like having fun and always being the popular one.

 

                   The winning streak continued even in college

                   he found more friends and even his first love

                   he excelled in everything, won everyday he was waking

                   he could feel it , the world was his for taking.

 

                   Then reality struck and the curtains fell

                   like the proverbial frog comes outta the well

                   he found out life was not all games and fun

                   it punished people who were not ready to run

 

                   the days of excitement have long vanished

                   to a boring job now he has been banished

                   the friends have gone , the love has broken

                   it is as if to a nightmare he has woken

 

                   the dreams of fame and glory have become a fade

                   life is just darkness in which he has to wade

                   he is now just a face in the big faceless crowd

                   and for identity he shouts his emp id aloud

 

                   Now dont you wonder whose story is this

                   its mine , yours , our, even her and his!!

 

-Hiral Savla