In retrospect 

the faces smile brighter and frown lesser

the tears seem baseless and the laughs remain timeless

people seem tinier, their hearts bigger

we came

we met 

we sat together for hours staring at the star studded sky

we fought with each other 

and by nightfall 

Went star gazing together again.

we climb mountains 

and raged through rapids,

Half smiling and half fighting

screaming at the top of our lungs 

running around in massive circles

getting Ready for our first outing 

and gossiping till dawn about our first socials

eating through the mid-night feasts 

and getting excited by the simple pleasures of school life

first we made the apple-pie beds

and then the little ones made them for us

we had watched them sing 'Auld Land Syne'

and suddenly we were going around in circles singing the same song

and one day

the joy ride ended

and we all split our own ways

the eight years together

became a bittersweet memory

(to all my batchmates at welham, specially the FLIES)