College lockdown

One day,
After the college was closed,
After the students were back at home,
When the vacation was extended,
When we all had to go back as well
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I sneaked away from hostel,
For I didn't know whether or not
To go in there,
And I went to my college.
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I went to my college, and looked.
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The corridors had quintessence of melancholy,
The garden was overgrown,
Even the birds seemed to have found themselves a new home.
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Stour pillars lining the corridors,
Sun rays slanting in symmetrical score,
Locks and handles securing the doors,
My voice and footsteps echoing through those barren halls.
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Grand and resolute,
But empty and desolate,
The chatter was amiss amidst that magnificent mansion,
Lost! Missing! Absent! and Gone!
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And now, I'm home.
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I wait,
Even from home,
For my reappearance in that educational epitome.
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- Raj Nandani
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Napowrimo Day 3
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