Twilight
In a dusty twilight
a bus stops on a dirt road
before an unused school house
Six rooms and an office
a playground
two paths that lead away
Two children walk down the paths
that their parents once walked
away from their parents' school
In the gathering twilight
the old school is quiet
but when none can see, the playground rings with laughter
When one child completes the path and sees his home,
he sees a waiting mother
who wonders if he has learned
what she learned
or is that gone too?