A Perfect Life

The times, I remember when there was fun,

Lots of exuberance under the sun

High aims and unbound dreams

A perfect life as it seemed

With a little positive experience of life

Everything seemed perfect and nice

With proud heads striving for making a name

Working hard and fulfilling aims.

The youth seemed a bright span

For learning lessons and to understand

The realities of life, the facts, the feats

Which guide us on life’s lonely street

They make us ready for challenges, so strange

Which pose in our lives in different frames

The innocence seems to be replaced by might

Gathering will to succeed in the fight.

The games, the challenges that we used to cherish

The optimism has subsided, the guts have perished

The times I, remember when in defeat we smiled

We appreciated the efforts that were honestly piled.

We owned our imaginations, we had our dreams

It was a perfect life, as it seemed.

-yamini