My Dream Friend

The poem, which I had written when I was in 11th Standard, for "Just Teens", a section of the Hindustan Times newspaper. This poem got published, in the Write-In section!

When I would get my dream friend

Will it be tomorrow or sometime else?

I don’t know what a best friend means

Because till date I have never seen him

Is it my ego or do I peevish

Whatever it is I can never forgive

In this world of conceitation

Coping with others become a tension

I don’t believe in to be ostentatious

‘Cause I know it cant serve any purpose

I want to be natural I want to be Instinct

As in my opinion

True satisfaction lies only in it

Sometimes I think, may be that’s the reason

For why I do not have pals even one

In the journey to find a friend

I have got many intermediate one

But whenever I tried to question the truth

I am only dragged to the dark ends

To my almighty I can only say

Give me the power, give me the sense

For I could know other’s indigence

And fulfill their demands

If it is necessary to make a best friend

After all it is not worth

To make hundreds friends a year

But to make a friend for hundred years

Vineet kumar

Class XI

November 2nd, 2003

Bal Bhavan Public School (M.V)

Glossary (can be useful):

Peevish: Easily irritated or annoyed

Conceitation: Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Ostentatious: Intended to attract notice and impress others

Instinct: Inborn pattern of behaviour often responsive to specific stimuli
Indigence: Need