FROM A SCHOLAR TO SURVIVOR

Once a seeker of the highest peak, Books were companions, knowledge a thrill. Dreams were grand, ambitions to seek, Every exam a chance, a quest to fulfill. Responsibilities weigh heavy, dreams deferred, Simple topics now a struggle, a maze. The boy once bold, now a man matured, Lost in the haze of passing days. Time unfurls its relentless hand, Phones replace books, distractions abound. Movies and games, the mind spellbound, Yet here I stand, amidst life's shifting sand. Never thought it'd come to this, A journey unexpected, dreams amiss. But within this shift, a lesson found, For the man remains, on solid ground.