Gone are the days when I was in cradle all the
young girls hugged and kissed me
Gone are the days when I rode bicycle
on the streets Hands free
Gone are the days when I sat in kids school
with all girlfriends surrounded
Gone are the days when I played Mario
till midnight to save his princess
Gone are the days when I played iceboy, Gilli,
Cricket, Goli, pambaram on streets
Gone are the days when I watched every episode of Popeye, Swat Kats,
Tom n jerry, Captain Planet on cartoon network
Gone are the days when I used floppy disc
to transfer files
Gone are the days when I used to sing
and record on audio tapes
Gone are the days when I sang Jana Gana Mana
every Monday morning at assembly
Gone are the days when I wore torn clothes
and didn’t care about anything
Gone are the days when I hit crows
with my sling shot
Gone are the days when parle-G and Britania Milk bikis
were the biscuits that everyone know
Gone are the days when boomer was all
over my face after it bursts
Gone are the days when I did fishing during raining season
and filled my house well with fishes
Gone are the days when I waited for Friday evenings
to watch oliyum oliyum
Gone are the days when I used to play with the
wrapper of asai asai chocolate
Gone are the days when I had 2 months
Of summer vacation
Gone are the days when I played book Cricket
using my physics book
Gone are the days when Natraj Plasto 621 was the
only eraser that everyone knows
Gone are the day when I stood in queue to play
the snake game in nokia phone
Gone are the days when every kid
longed to have HERO pen
Gone are the days when my hands got dirty
with all the color chalk pieces
Gone are the days when pager was the only
communication device
Gone are the days when I ate slate pecil(balpam)
when I was hungry
Gone are the days when I tried to get the attention
of the beautiful girl of my class
Gone are the days when Kodak film was used
take photos on every camera
Gone are the days when I used Reynolds pen
to rewind my audio cassette
Gone are the evening 4 clock drinks (kulfi, lime juice, sarbat)
after school
Gone are the days when I fly kite
in the scorching sun
Gone are the days when every geometry box
had a secret zone to hide things
Gone are the days when HE-Man and Skathi maan
were the hero’s of every kid
Gone are the days when I used the big gun
to shoot ducks @ Duck hunt game
Gone are the days when I had 65 in 1 cassette
and played ninja, Mario all day
Gone are the days when I stole mango
from my neighbors house
Gone are the days when I bounded
my books with newspaper
Gone are the days when i crushed tube light to create manja
and apply to my nool kandu(thread)
Gone are the days when i chew kamarakut hoping i would
get 25 paise and end up having 5 paise
Gone are the days when boost bat was
so famous like sachin tendulkar
Gone are the days when I played outdoor sports
almost 10 hours in a day
Gone are the days when I was happy with
whatever I have and share with friends
Gone are the days when I had no money in pocket
and still wander around the streets happily
Now are the days I am running behind F***g money
i get bonus my parents are happy
Will I ever get the days where I plough
my own field for my day to day living???
