The summer was almost roaring,
The birds were not chirping,
The matter in the college was worse,
The hostels condition were adverse,
Recently a boy felt down; unconscious,
Hostel food was bitterly suspicious,
Truth beneath the cover, nobody knew,
But the anger erupted, not in few,
The whole college got into protest,
There was a general student unrest,
Irrespective of senior-junior bondage,
College property was on rampage,
Everyone on the way was hit and brushed,
Not a single window was left uncrushed,
The whole administration was grieving,
Nobody paid them a single heeding,
The matter was getting out of control,
Police got their best team roll,
The fear rushed, the mass ran away,
Creating a huge stampede on the way,
I too ran, but was struck with a sight,
A girl standing, on the road’s other side,
Nothing excess in her getup, she was simple,
Beauty was the least thing, she had in ample,
Looking around with a fearful eye,
May be she was asking everyone “WHY?”
I hope she was unaware, of the incidents,
May be her presence here, was a coincidence,
May be, she was unable to gather her wits,
So was I, smilingly taking all the stampede hits,
Somehow I gathered my senses and crossed the street,
Grabbed her hand; “Come with me”, I insist,
Her arms were soft and enormously cold,
Hard was her grip on my hand she hold,
We ran till we reached a safe place,
It was a toll and she was stressed,
I stammered asking, “Let’s sit for a while”
She gestured her hands that she is fine.
We didn’t knew each other, nor ever had seen,
But who cares, from then it was a new beginning,
The moment she first spoke, she too had a cute smile,
Long story follows next, but this is HOW I MET MY VALENTINE.
- Bhanu Saurabh
