With the flicker of hope finished,
The glimmer
of possibility gone,
Scores of
us stare into an abyss,
With
uncertainty and feeling forlorn.
For many
years, the home that was,
Torn
asunder in a whiff.
Blood,
sweat, tears all invested,
Everything stands
now at the edge of a cliff.
For those
who lay the foundation,
Using hands
to lay mortar and brick.
An end of a
long dream for them,
Even they
too couldn’t pull a savior trick.
The dream that
they nurtured well,
Blazed bright
through a new landscape.
Perhaps
they never thought it would dim so soon,
From the
finality there is now no escape.
Those who entered
when the portal newly opened,
With dreamy
eyes and determination.
They burnt
the wick of their prime,
In building
a stellar reputation.
They took
care of the toddler,
Raised it
to be successful teenager.
And when
the child was separated,
Nothing
they could to maintain the merger.
The last
leg of their marathon,
Now seems
like an obscure journey.
The
crescendo of their careers,
Now lies uncertain
on a gurney.
For who
joined the song midway,
Rode on the
success wave.
Little did
they know that it will turn,
A situation
so grim and grave.
Long years
wait ahead of them,
A thousand
miles yet to walk.
The
uprooting misbalances all the math,
Meaningless
appear most routine task.
Questions
aplenty haunt silently,
With no one
to answer the best.
The tables
turned for all and how,
People
subjected to a very tough test.
For some it
is about careers,
Loan for
some, education for others.
Money for
some, for some dignity,
Myriad questions
everyday bothers.
Where did
it all go wrong?
For what
fault of ours?
What need
does unsettling serve,
The
thoughts haunts for hours.
All the
excellence achieved,
With years
of toil.
Did not
matter a bit,
When the
system came to foil.
All the best
practices, innovations,
All the
records of standing first.
Couldn’t
save the situation,
All of it
now bites the dust.
Uncomfortable
silences all around,
Just a
façade of laughter.
Plenty
everyone wish to share,
But one
one’s opening that chapter.
What
tomorrow beholds is unsure,
Sans an
identity, we walk nameless.
Who to turn
to or what to,
In the
uncertain sea, we sail rudderless.
