The YES!+ DCE tradition continues, it was farewell yesterday. The only thing different this time was, it was us at the receiving end. Here is the poem I read out.
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Today I look at you, and I don’t know what I have done to deserve your love.
Today I remember those who have passed out of here, who sat on these benches and sofas,
with us sitting where you are; and I don’t know what I had done to deserve their love too.
What I did, I always did for selfish reasons, and yet you loved me.
What I did, I always did for gaining something, and yet they loved me!
I don’t know why, I don’t know if I ever would, but you love me and they love me
When I came here, I came here for friends, cause I had none
And he held my hand and drew me to you, and le behold
When I wandered I was looking for home, for I felt distant
And in you and in them I found it. Home. Forever, whatever may be.
It is true, they say; in Friendship, time dissolves.
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This is for you, Yes!+ DCE.
You will forever be missed. You will forever be cherished. You will forever be mine and I, yours. I promise. I truly, irrevocably and eternally belong to you. Forever and ever and ever again.
Love
Manik