BIRDS ARE SET FREE!

 

 

I was in a  pensive  mood when this budding medicos’ request sprang up,

To witness a fair farewell to the  first batch,beaming with gleaming eyes,

Five years rolled back in my thoughts, novice teacher in me with tails up ,

Searching in vain and pain for my first hatch of students with sore eyes.

Now the hunter became the hunted, these eggs  now hatched and free.

We gave their eyes and  forgot, indeed we lost them to the usual  tide,

They came to us again to bid them for their  departure flight in spree,

We the faculties have sharpened their acuity, now, we say with pride,

Birds! your time have indeed come, to peep out of the shell and  fly high,

To find new trees, better fruits, wider skies and search for larger horizon,

Extend your services to the needy, always add  life to your feathery side ,

To the sick,to the hapless and those in pain and stress with thy skill zone

As you all leapfrog the ladder of life, fly high, building the nests of fame,

Laying eggs of  divine healing touch, hatching  wealth of lasting good will

Forget not thy almamater, the mother hen ,and indeed thy mentors’ name

As you roll back your years in future, as you happen to pass by this school,

Wait!,Spare a split second for the shell  that cocooned your safety  flight

Empowering  you with wisdom, to scale new heights of  dollar and glory,

Beware this, as you go high in the sky, any trivial  fall is a disaster to sight ,

Watch your feathers ,add more,trim  them ,masking never  thy mastery

WISHING YOU ALL THE VERY BEST IN  THE SKY  YOU CHOOSE TO FLY