How interesting life has become?
Long ago, in days gone by
I had a wish to be away from the modicum
And now the time just seems to fly by...

For past few weeks
I haven't perceived a dawn or dusk
Night merely seems to peak
As subtly as the smell of musk

Sleep evades me at night
And during the class attacks with all its might
To stay awake I have to struggle and fight
As I am always in the professors' line of sight

My eyelids are drooping, my mind is numb
And the constant strife not to succumb
My neck is hurting, my whole back pains
I am shackled to this seat by unseen chains...

-- Sarit

(These are lines from something that I started in the first term at IIM Kozhikode but never finished)