I remember the time I got
in, to be a grad
Spending a lot of money,
it made me sad,
Those times were bad, my
future insecure,
Until I reached the
grad-life door,
New faces, new work, new
hopes, new life,
A robot working from ten
to five,
Life was a line, the
routine was new,
It was under control,
distractions were few,
Thought I’d learn
something better and useful,
Apply it; rise up, the
dream was pretty cool,
But dreams have a habit of
getting worse,
And real fast too, like
under a curse;
One wrong step, I saw my
dreams die,
I was lazy not to make
another try,
It was my fault and I
don’t know why
I failed to check it and
then time flew by;
Instead of the driver, I
blamed the ride,
And thus began my downhill
slide,
Though I got back up, it
was on the wrong side,
My boat was caught in the
grad-tide.
Slowly I started enjoying
myself,
Working with others eager
to help,
Things began moving,
starting to flow,
It opened my mind, ready
to know,
It changed my way of looking
at life,
I was happy living the ten
to five,
Took up challenges, new or
faced,
Learnt to get a bit more
stressed,
Things were smoother than
at first,
But slowly my ideas
started to rust,
As I got bound in the
given frame,
Left the ride, began cursing
the lane;
While everyone ran, I
started to slow,
Forcing my mind, unwilling to go,
Forcing my mind, unwilling to go,
Results were out; I
had nothing to show,
Things were hard because I
thought it so;
It’s sad when you look at
life that way,
Instead of knowing what
you've gained,
Live the moments, don’t
sum each day,
I think you know what I
want to say.
You learn the most from
those you meet,
Scavenging, bunking and
how to cheat,
Though some are true and
stay till the end,
The rest treat you how you
treat them,
There are those working
lies and deceit,
Fork-tongued people trying
to chew every bit,
Many faced, geek heads,
excited or half-dead,
Wasted days, hangover in
bed,
Sad souls, lost art, daily
depressed,
Going-out-freak, always
ready to get dressed,
Unstable, unclear or a museum
relic,
And those who make you
feel happy or sick,
Ignorant, arrogant, joker
or lazy,
Fake lovers, simple,
stupid or crazy,
Wicked minds trying to be
overly mature,
Playing every side of the
human nature;
You could study them all
or let them go by,
Don’t stop worrying or let
time fly,
And at the end when the
end is nigh,
Get depressed, complain or
get high;
However life was, it was
made by me,
You can never take this
part of my memory,
However I rise, whatever
I’ll be,
It will be the pages of my
history;
Whatever you do, don’t
come to me,
Tell me I didn't warn you
or blame somebody,
High or low, that’s what
you’ll be,
Because it’s tough getting
a college degree.