| As I wonder whatever happens when I left City High in sev'n - three I come back with reminiscence of a high-school life that's free. Here I am, oh Alma Mater midst the sweet plantation wide Here I come to you my City High Alone and lonely, but with pride. And as I leave again your portals towards the orange sunset As I go again among mortals I kneel before your feet. Where I learned to love, to live I grew - my youthful days, here - I watch at a distance now, I leave my love, my life, in silence, there... JL, 1998 Collections My Place |