40th Class Reunion

I see all of US
and in an instant
I am 18 again and
full of sass and stars
and possibilities...

Oh, the possibilities----the endless highway, stretching out before us in the dark, driving fast, past what our headlights could fully illuminate. Sometimes, illumination be damned, we will drive by the light of the stars and the fire of the kisses and the laughter that fuel us.

We are 18,
and invincible,
and magic.

There is much we have yet to learn. There is a big wide world out there with our names on it and all we have yet to become is out there waiting. The good, the bad, The things that will batter and bruise us, The things that will make our hearts fill
---so full--
to hold more
than we could ever imagine at 18...
Oh, the possibilities!

What a gift it all is---maybe, especially,
this second time around
to be 18 again
if only for this day
with all of you...