GRADUATION

                GRADUATION

 

Watching a small lad of five

Graduate from pre-school

So proud and so excited

Now he's no-body's fool.

 

I watched as his mom & dad

Smiled from ear to ear

Cameras in hand with kleenex

To wipe away their tears.

 

It took me back to yesterday

When, I, too came alive

In our school's closing concert

Back when I was five.

 

We didn't receive diplomas

Nor wear a cap and gown

No h'orderves to choose from

No-one then wore a frown.

 

No-body took our picture

We walked home together

The end of June, under the moon

With our father and mother.

 

Today I saw step-parents

Half sisters and half brothers

Children seemed so confused

Too many dads and mothers.

 

I'm glad for a simpler time

I was just 5 years old

And had the world around me

With daddy's hand to hold.

 

Now I'm near 3 score and 10

And my time is nearly o're

How I long for yesterday

To be five just once more.