Written by: Ambira Pradhan - 24009, Grade XII
Posted on: 21 December, 2023
The clock on the wall strikes in a normal room
It’s 8:30 in the morning and everyone’s there
The teacher takes the attendance and the class begins
Oh! but before that they did their daily prayer
The clock strikes again and it's the second period
Everyone’s waiting at the slowly ticking clock
To strike 10:30 eagerly waiting for the break
And so its 10:30 and everyone leaves the room
Well except for a few
10:40 and everyone’s back like ever before
Except a few who probably forgot the way back
Time moves on and some grow impatient
As their stomach is eagerly waiting for something
The clock strikes again at 12
Yet again everyone leaves the room except a few
All of them have their lunch
Talk about things they want to share on
Spending that extra bit of time
Exploring the places outside the confining room
Time movies on and so does the clock
As it slowly strikes from 1 to 2 to 3
And finally 3:30 when all are ready
With their bags all packed eager to leave this room
To go home
SO this went on for hours, days and months
The same old routine never to change
Except on some exceptional days or holidays
The clocked stroked and people moved according to it
Soon it was a year and slowly one by one
Everyone left and
The room was slowly turning into an abandoned room
Like any other abandoned room before
But the clock kept on striking everyday
Telling the time like how it did the whole year
The clock never ever ran out of batteries
And even surprising was the mystery behind how it worked
So the clock struck and struck and struck and struck hoping
to be useful
Till it finally struck the last time
Never to strike again!
