The Undead

I see the faceless figures, or do I?
The demons of the dark as they pass by
Circling over my head high
Showing the promise of death, a mere lie.

The sound of the reaper's scythe
Bearing down on my kin and kith,
The chill on my spine dancing down, so lithe!
The fog clouding my vision like a dark myth.

Unable to move, unable to stay,
The eternal horror, under death's sway,
Looking for a way out as my senses fray,
Out of the unending nightmare, from the dark foray.

Away from the corpses' stare of dismay,
Out of the land of the undead, where dreams they slay.
"you will find none, none at all!," they say,
"for your sins, this price you pay".

The chant of the undead, like the wail of a child
Abandoned by its loveless mother with shameless guile
Hit me like the night chill, coming from a mile,
So gripping, so heart wrenching, yet so mild!

I tried to run towards, and away from it.
I tried to scream as the spirits, so mirthless, closed in,
I tried to pray, to purge my soul from within,
I tried in vain, for a redemption I wasn't meant to win.

I began to feel it. The eerie emptiness inside,
The hollow numbness, without emotions contrite,
When death's weapon finally bore down on me, with a promise of respite.
And thus began the setting in of an eternal night.

They welcomed me with open arms, the spirits of the dark,
As if I were one of their own, as if it were all a mere lark,
To the land of the bedevilled, of anguish so black,
To the land of the Undead, of evil so stark.

I watched on helplessly, as the darkness engulfed me whole...

First Semester: A Reminiscence

"Sugar, Spice, and most things nice...."

And of course, an entire can of chemical 'X'!
Everybody has their expectations of a perfect first day in college. I did too, way back when I was still in school. But the vacations in between had treated me badly, so by the time my first day in college did turn up, I was all exhausted of emotions, and a kind of numbness had crept over me. The fact that I was starting ten days late didn't help me much either. But who knew that luck had finally decided to smile over me? And that I would actually have a memorable first day! My first trip to the canteen, a bunch of scary looking final year guys ragging me, turning up late to chem lab, then feeling like a know it all while doing titrations, judging people at first right and later regretting it, my very first bus ride back home: wishing more than anything else to be a part of the conversation... Ahh!

Over a week went by without my talking to anyone in class. I sat next to my one friend, feeling utterly miserable, so full of self pity at what I wanted out of life and what I made out of it. It is no secret is that on my list of careers, Engineering didn't figure. I did not want to make friends. Did not want to relate to the place, did not want to belong. I just wanted to get through with these four years without much ado. But lady luck had already decided to show me her pretty face. I made some great friends!

Then came Parichay, the college fest. It is without doubt one of the best things that has happened in my college life so far! For more than ten reasons! Even now, after all this time, when I listen to the song 'hai junoon', it makes me smile, and the feeling rushes back, making me weak with nostalgia. We won you see... All those practice sessions, the frenzy, the bunking classes(which felt so scandalous at that time!)... God I miss them so! And the icing on the cake was the unforgettable bus ride back home!

VTU fest wasn't any less eventful! The journey more so. Getting to know our seniors better, the going prepared to stay overnight part, TITANIC! =D

My priorities were so different when the semester started, I was so set on making it through the year without much of a scene. But nothing really turns out the way you want it, does it? Exams came and went, pimples sprouted on my face like onion bulbs, and I found myself amazed at how quickly time passes when you're having a good time! When I say my college life started with a bang, know that I'm not exaggerating.

I had deemed myself incapable of romantic feelings, but ended up proving myself wrong. So very wrong!! Suddenly I found myself in the midst of these incarnations of Adonises, one could say there were a lot of fish in the pond to put it delicately. It is very safe to say those romantic feelings I had deemed myself incapable, of had defined my semester.

Second semester is whole different story! But more on that later...=D