( (Dedicated to SHS-57, yeah 44 years ago))
Together in time and place.
Nurtured by community and friends.
Yearbook images faded by time.
Yet sharper than memories.
Fledgling skills learned.
For a harsh new world.
Innocent and blasé.
A difference we'd make!
Kaleidoscopic lives and years.
Jobs, homes, family and innocence lost.
The final accounting nears.
How did we do?
Meet expectations?
Dignify our claims?
Images of reunion last.
Thinning silver hair.
Name tags in large type.
Amazing people.
Classmates.