Godknows All(For Children) Poem by Indira Renganathan

Sridhar was too good and pious
Sekhar was his best friend so close
Both were classmates in a big school
From class to class friendship grew well

They now moved on to school-final
Hoping their friendship be genial
But time alone can mirror truth
It revealed one friend not so worth

A seed of envy came in sown
Sekhar fell into that bad zone
Envious of Sridhar's good fame
Plotted to spoil his growth and name

When final exams were to start
Sekhar availed his chance to swat
Found the valuation centres
Where would go their answer papers

Readied by bribing the teachers
To lower the marks of Sridhar
Sridhar would then easily fail
Would be shamed ere leaving his school

That was Sekhar's plan to do well
But God thought the other way well
Sridhar fell sick suddenly and
Lo, could not his exams attend

Sekhar was however happy
And thought it was a gift peppy
Happily he wrote his exams
Cheered Sridhar for his re-exams

Innocent Sridhar kept praying
To get well back to his writing
God willing soon he was normal
Sridhar prepared his subjects all

The day of test and destiny
Atlast came muchanxiously
In the examination hall
Now was the time to answer all

Sridhar started straight to write fast
Focussed much finished all steadfast
Freed now he looked around the hall
God! shocked to see Sekhar mid all

Guess what could have happened at all
God anyway answered two calls
Slammed a bad call, blessed a good call