To Kill Time

You made me laugh years go

When we were young and had no care

But plenty of time to kill,

We had nothing else to do

Except for play and laze;

From you, I learnt what idleness meant

And how to be lazy,

It was this learning that made me

Laugh aloud and writhe in pain;

I have not forgotten those moments.

And now, when I am old

I have had all the time in the world

To do what I liked

But did nothing

Out of the fear of being called selfish

Because I have learnt to value time

To make it purpose-oriented and staid.

Such a time does not suit me.

I cannot retain my jovial nature

And so did not laugh like before

When you, my friend, eagerly enquired,

How I killed time.