Looking around this room at all these faces
We started out together
So young at that time
Many of us stayed together through it all
A few departed and returned
Some parted and never returned
Except for this moment, this dream
It's twelve years later
We've changed and yet we've remained the same
For so long I could have never imagined this moment
All together again
Like that first day
When I cried as my mother left me with you
We were all together when we lost JFK
We followed along when they walked on the moon
Friendships blossomed
Some lasting, some faded
We once thought we'd always be together
And this was my sudden dream
I often reflect on those days
Who's survived
Who remains
Who has last
And I've felt this connection for sixty years
And in this one moment, In this simple dream
We were all so young again
And these days
When I sometimes fear I'm in my final hours
For this moment we were together again
Which has always been my unspoken desire
September 6, 2023
