O loyalty,
You were more than a piece of property!
Yes, a companion of immense probity.
You were more than a piece of property!
Yes, a companion of immense probity.
You saw me from the grass of poverty
To the grace of prosperity!
You kept our friendship with great tenacity.
I have had my share of vanity
But with you there was no enmity.
Even in tough times, you kept your proximity.
There was no warranty
But even your maker did not have the ability
To foresaw your durability.
You lived through student’s hostel banality,
Held steady against hostel boys’ curiosity,
Scaled the ‘burnt beans’ brutality,
Endured the Sahara Desert’s cruelty,
Survived roadside criminality,
But you enjoyed the ‘I was there’ captivity.
Remember those years when ‘beans’ was a delicacy,
Every student’s necessity,
Even with all the flatulence and hyperacidity!
O, how you provided endearing hospitality
To myriad stomachs that rumbled with hostility!
I have learnt great lessons from your historicity:
The value of humility,
The virtue of honesty,
The ardour of loyalty,
The hilarity of humanity,
The rarity of longevity,
The impermeability of lasting beauty,
The morality of modesty,
And the valour of sobriety!
Even as you age with some forms of deformity
To me you are more than a celebrity.
Amongst other pots, you have no parity.
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