from the poetry of sand,

to the novels of clay,

a behemoth sleeps, constructed

by bricks,

the souls of many are locked

in there,

you can hear them moan

or cry

about the agony

of their futile convictions

Iron bars of righteous esteem,

radiate memories

of the killings and the murders

and the robberies,

then suddenly, they forgo sordid ignorance,

the theft of the mind,

they're at home,

yet convicts of their wrong doing

Now, their vicions are tainted

with blood,

and their peace has been

stolen by their own cruel actions,

rattled conscience!

their sins ressurrect as ghouls

to hover over them

and their future,

they shall know no rest

till the truth has been spoken.

                                                        By Kakraba Afful

No, my parents didn't pamper me,

it was I, who pampered myself

with ignorance;

I became a weakling at last,

devoid of knowledge and understanding

No, my parents did all I could do,

but I injected myself

with the vaccine of shortcomings,

a strong, hazardous drug

I mistook for free freedom

but this freedom was evil,

it made my brain and hands

lazy,

so I could do nothing

I was capable of doing

Then laughter comes from all sides

and stabs me ravenously,

tis nothing but my ignorance

that haunts me

like a ghost of my existence.

                                                          By Kakraba Afful

Every individual in this world needs atleast one FRIEND in their life with whom they can share their problems. A true friend is a person, who is ready to help at any course of life , in any situation of life. Having this nature, a person named Nikhil walked into my life, firstly, like a stranger, but a true friend, later.

We studied in same college and completed our degree course of engineering. Although we studied in same college, we never saw each other or we never met accidently. We both got recruited by the same software company of pune which had came to our college but still, we didn't met. After we were called for training, finally, we met on the very first day of training. We became good friends very fast when we came to know that we are from same college, only the difference is of branch or stream. We were called for development training and helped each other whenever there was need of it.

During training , we met with other trainees which came from different regions of Maharashtra. We formed a very big group of 23 people and converted each and every second of training , as the training was very rigorous 24*7. We enjoyed every minute spent in training. We stayed late night in the company because of assignments completion, even stayed the whole night in office and went home at 6 or 7 AM in morning and again back at 11 AM in the office. Yes, those days were very tough yet very interesting.

After completion of training, we were shifted to main office premises. When we got shifted to main office, all faces were new except ours. Initially, we were few but later on, became huge group of friends. One day, we came across that we are allocated to different projects but still we stayed in touch either through company's messenger during work or during lunch. He got allocated to iPhone application project and myself to web application project. Yes, its true that when one person gets allocated to any project, he or she never has time for other activities. Actually, it depends on complexity level of project. Similar case was for myself. My project schedule was very tight but still we spared out time for fun activities like going for trekking, partying and many such. We pulled each other's leg whenever we got to pull. We never missed out on anything. We laughed in joy and took moments or situations seriously whenever it required to be taken.

Overall, being friends or rather good friends, we enjoyed our life in a very different way.

OUR FRIENDSHIP ROCKS !!! FRIENDS ARE FOREVER !!!