Class Reunions

At their tenth high school reunion,

They were surprised to find,

The cheerleaders also had crow’s feet,

Some of the druggies had found their minds.

The twentieth reunion of classmates

Brought to bear on them

That the once-great divide of younger years

Had faded like blooms on a stem.

Their thirtieth reunion was full of laughs

At bald heads and expanding girths;

The brain trust and the drop-outs

Found much to share in mirth.

The fortieth reunion was smaller

Tinged with some sadness and some fear

Older, slower,  sickness or time

Had taken its toll on their peers.

What of the fiftieth reunion?

How could time run by so fast?

They’ve weathered a lot, learned some things too

Together they’ll cherish the past.

Eileen Clemens Granfors, 2008