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+title = 'Poems From The Past'
+date = 2021-10-16T16:57:45+02:00
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+These were poems that I wrote at the start of my Bachelor's studies. Please bear with them because I am sure they aren't good. However I did want to add them here for future reference. I can then look back and laugh at how bad the writing was.
+
+## The Engineer
+
+I just opened my eyes,
+but the teacher is still in class.
+He is really such a bore,
+but he just doesn’t know that, alas.
+
+Everyone is acting it out,
+they are now experts at faking rapport.
+No point in listening now,
+that ship has already sailed from the port.
+
+Why don’t they get it,
+Can’t teach one who has no interest.
+I am forced to be here,
+This is really the worst, I don’t jest.
+
+I could be elsewhere,
+doing something with my time,
+but here I sit and cry,
+nothing else but to write this rhyme.
+
+Attendance is a sin,
+It’s like I am paying to be jailed.
+In India, Education is a business,
+No one has the interest, I assayed.
+
+Become an engineer,
+then become what you want.
+This is the mindset,
+rebel and say you just can’t.
+
+A Nation of graduates,
+yet we still have nothing to show,
+be what you want to be,
+only then talent in gush will flow.
+
+## The Future
+
+At times, I sit and wonder,
+what awaits us I ponder.
+Then I am suddenly brought,
+to present where forever I am caught,
+the future, we can’t control,
+take life through its treacherous shoal.
+In thoughts of future unknown,
+we can be happy or cry and moan,
+but none of that really matters,
+as any future good or bad,
+like glass can at any time shatter.
+
+## Nostalgia
+
+Long gone are days of childhood past,
+Never knew years flew by this fast.
+It happened in the blink of an eye,
+the game has begun, I have cast my die.
+Nostalgia, the feeling makes me think,
+of years that have suddenly begun to shrink.
+I have lived he best years of my life,
+have had all kinds of experiences in rife.
+If I were given a chance to relive those days,
+I wouldn’t change a thing, whatever anyone says.
+I have never known a worry till now,
+I think it’s because of my parents to whom I bow.
+My family can be quirky at times,
+but the love they give me, can’t be put in rhymes.
+The friends I have are the best I could ask for,
+I’ve had many since a time long before.
+I hope I’ve been as good to them as they’ve been to me,
+they are the best, if you meet them you’ll see.
+I hope everyone is as lucky as I have been,
+So take of the blindfolds and look at the world that is yet to be seen.
+
+## The Road You Take
+
+Sometimes I wonder about what I am here for,
+and when I am long gone will people sing my lore.
+What is life, and how do you climb the summit of this tor?
+or will I be another story that will just be a bore.
+
+Should I aspire to be someone whose exploits are well known,
+whose stories give inspiration to millions and many more ?
+Or should I be the person whose achievements are his own,
+another grain in the sand on the beautiful golden sea shore.
+
+Aurelius rightly said, “One should have a good life”,
+become immortal through the ideals and memories you leave behind.
+Live a life with friends and family and have joy in rife,
+your thoughts and actions stay on, thought you turn to grind.
+
+But there are those who want to be well known even in stranger’s eyes,
+those who want to change the course of history through words and act,
+these men desire power and money, and these things are surely nice,
+I understand how they feel and surely what they are getting at.
+
+I am halfway down the middle among the two paths I talked about,
+I keep dreaming, that there must be some kind of middle ground.
+What if I can have privacy of home and also be an icon standing out
+this is just a fantasy and for proof you just have to look around.
+
+This choice is one that everybody has to make, and before it’s too late,
+else they might end up with nothing, even with potential great/
+Carefully weigh the options and decide and stick with the road you take,
+and hopefully this poem will act as a beacon for the decision you have to make.
+
+## The System
+
+The whole education system is messed up,
+I have no idea how much water is in my cup.
+Am I the only one who wants to change this ?
+It’s like these hacks are aiming to miss.
+I know it is a difficult task at hand,
+but someone somewhere must make a stand.
+Rote learning is worshipped in today’s class.
+Wait, is this class, or some Sunday mass.
+Science is the epitome of reason and thinking,
+religious fools know not what they are sinking.
+An enemy of logic is the enemy of mankind.
+And come what may, I will speak my mind.
+They interfere in matters they know nothing about,
+they are on the loosing side, they are soon to find out.
+Start thinking about this before it’s too late,
+we are not going anywhere at this lousy rate.
+But before that we must admit that we have a problem,
+without which how can we all sit down and solve them.
+
+## The Winner
+
+I see a lot of grief and sorrow,
+but I still hope for a better tomorrow.
+Hope helps a man of the world bear,
+Woes and troubles amidst all despair.
+
+Some see darkness through all the light,
+others see light thought the darkness, bright.
+People have gone through hardships in rife,
+they never complain, because that’s just life.
+
+These are the people who persevere and fight,
+and also always keep their goal in sight.
+This is why they are rewarded at the end,
+but others think their success is godsend.
+
+But in truth god had nothing do with it,
+it was just one man working bit by bit.
+No one knows all the failed attempts made,
+he broke the constructs, others just obeyed.
+Someone said, “Only failure is not to try”,
+Never gave up, he would rather just die.