I saw my good old friend yesterday in Bus station <br />Walking here and there in shabby dresses <br />His eyes were seen as tired and deep inside <br />His face resembled the predicament he undergoes <br />I remembered him as my classmate in college <br />His energetic performance in debates and competitions <br />He was a good orator inspiring the students <br />Apolitical always but committed in values <br />Advised none to follow him but we really enjoyed <br />His presence, body language, neatness in dress code <br />Never we saw him taking a tobacco in college days <br />Or took a slight drop of drinks in parties we enjoyed <br />For a pleasure, and in the achievement of studies <br />As the winners of sports and other arts festivals <br /> <br />We hoped a bright future to our beloved friend <br />Who was the most blessed one through his character <br />we respected his all round performance and good marks <br />That likely to be ensured a good placement in real life <br />Years gone, friends departed, seeking different streams <br />Different jobs in different places and no opportunity <br />To see our beloved friend even in marriage functions <br /> <br />Of late it was understood and heard from another one <br />That the gentleman is addicted to drugs and drinks <br />His intellectual talent gone forever through vices <br />Only his respect and love to others still prevailed <br />Sorry to know the sad state of affairs of my friend <br />Who I respected and kept like an idle and model to follow <br /> <br />Here he stands and walks along the bus station <br />In his strange mindsets not giving attention to anyone <br />He having a long beard in grey and long hair roughly <br />His beauty and gentle look no where to resemble <br />Unfortunate I thought those who in drinks and drugs <br />Whose valuable life will be in danger signal spot <br />It is not destiny it makes a human failure I think <br />It is the ways of life we select for future it decides.<br /><br />Gangadharan nair Pulingat..<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/achievement-14/
