The pain of moments passing
An exam was up next
For dawdling, hardly a pretext
Left still were three more days
And to ruin time
Multitudinous ways
Joys upon joy, I went on amassing
No disappointment existed
No pain of moments passing
Only one day remains
Preparation opportunities wane
Yet, mind displays
A foolhardy relaxation insane
In merrymaking and tomfoolery
the day goes dashing
In complete absence
Of the pain of moments passing
Now it’s the fateful night
Tensions scale new heights
Every page I finish
Swallows away half an hour
Hardly I’m half done
When disappear all the stars
It’s almost the morning
I notice, widely yawning
In this dreaded punishment
My Sins of procrastination are now engrossing
As my heart gets wrangled
In the pain of moments passing
I look at the clock; It’s a.m. 8
The next moment 8.30?Oh please wait!
I have a lot to study!
Oh time do wait!
Never has time flown so fluently
Not even in all my dates
Sure the lady had bewitched
Adrenaline joys had rained
But fear wasn’t so gripping
The clock hadn’t so much pained
My preparation was ugly
Mocked the ticking clock smugly
In a mischievous grin, time’s face glowed
As I begged and begged for time to slow
I revised hurriedly
As repentance rained: All encompassing
Was now full-fledged
The pain of moments passing
I wrote “The pain of moments passing” while I was preparing for India’s most competitive Business School entrance examination. With 3 failed attempts looming large at me, along with the pressure to live up to expectations & be a glimmer of hope for my Mother who at the time was fighting against Cancer, 2018 was a tough time for me. I wrote these lines a day before my exam, echoing my thoughts of the moment.
