Counselling for admission to branches of engineering

hopeful youngsters - with dreams but not score

giving their dreams a whiff of air to stay afloat

till the gravity of reality pulls them down some more.

 

The day goes doing this, interspersed with teaching

where I see the students who are last year’s crop

they were there last year - in the counselling room

like the ones today - waiting for the drop.

 

I must have been blessed to be born when and where I was

because this race is not for me

2500 student at 99 percentile

yet they might not get the college-branch combo they seek!

 

So, I hail the lord in joy and delight

as my son declares one day-

I don't want to be a doctor or engineer

but I want to be a Geologist - if I may!