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Mounty High Reunion
What a farce!
I was a face,without a name.
I was a name,without a face.
You befriended me,I wondered why.
Our lifestyles were not compatible.
I was a bumpkin,you were city.
I didn't know,we were poor.
You knew,you were rich.
My town paid my tuition.
Your parents thought it was pocket change.
I was a tomboy in an all girl school.
You were boy crazy and broke all the rules.
As a friend,I trusted you.
Graduation came along with ceremonies.
We said our good-byes and parted ways.
Now ten years later,we meet again.
A tenth reunion of a school since closed.
Attendance: almost all.
This was pretty decent,since love wasn't there.
Appearances have been altered.
Heir apparent true.
For some, their attitudes never graced with age.
The rich are richer, the poor comfortable;
and as for you, nothing has changed.
Thirty plus years later,you're planning another.
I cannot appear at this one; you have my name
and address, (the last one came and went),
no postage note was sent.
Each time we pass by.
I will always remember this:
If nothing else, education taught me...
To answer RSVP messages such as it is.
I am a face with a name.
I am a name with a face.
God put me in my place.
Now, with His grace...
Please forgive me
for invading your space.
Attendance: Zero= (0)
I really liked this poem. I just graduated from highschool, it's been almost a year ago now. And already, people have moved on with their lives.. some focusing more on the future and leaving their high school friends behind. It's sad to move on from highschool I found. All my friends moved and went their seperate ways. But some of us still keep in touch. And with going to a university that 2 of my class members are attending I have become friends with them, in highschool I barely ever talked to them. So it is really that bad leaving highschool? I think graduating has its pros and cons.. But like this poem I am really unsure of what the reunion will behold.
I recently attended my 35th high school reunion. It was great. The staff where we had it commented about how much fun we were having. It would be great to tell you about it. 35 years and 80 pounds later, I was very skinny, some of the football players didn't look so big. I danced more that night than I did the whole time I was in school.
It's true indeed..sometimes, I wonder if i should attent a class reunion, or to even initiate and organize one. Because with the passing of time, and the removal of physical familiarities like an old comfy classroom or timetable, the magic just disappears, no matter how many times we write the 'Keep in touch' messages in one another's autograph books. Sad indeed, but realistic. It's as if the friendships were really meant to last forever only in our minds and hearts, and not in our actual meetings and smiles and chats and all. And within a group of friends, not all of them will get together again, and talk like an united brocade of warmth and love....for within each group member, time and experience will inevitably set them further apart from one another. Hence, they fade... and fade away. Smilesz. my personal feelings about this. Thanxs for this nudge, Linda.
LOL & great not you idea of a bitching time ay' LOL L&P