The Big Yellow Bus

Wish there was a way, I could bring back a day,
To ride on a school bus again.
On a cold vinyl seat, where my friends use to meet,
In the mornings, and at the days end.

Lester and Roy would count each girl and boy,
To make sure we all would be there.
On the big yellow bus, there were many of us,
Who rode to and from with no cares.

When I look back now, I wonder somehow,
I made it as far as I did.
But what I wouldn’t give, if I could relive,
Just one of those days as a kid.

To ride once again, with some of my friends,
Are just memories for many of us.
But we rode every day, and I’m happy to say,
It was on an old “ Big Yellow Bus”.

Thank you, Lester and Roy

The Milky Way

I wonder what it would be like, to walk the Milky Way?

Or to take a trip in outer space, that would be nice some day.

To see the earth and all the stars, a different point of view,

The trip of a life time it would be, I’d take you with me too.

Just imagine looking down, from some place way up there,

Into miles of shiny oceans, through the crystal clear blue air.

A camera could not capture, all the beauty that was seen,

Snow capped covered mountains, or the trees of hunter green.

Now look out there somewhere beyond, and you will see the Moon.

The Little Dipper’s not so small, and in it there’s a spoon.

Oh look there goes a comet, Haley has come round again,

Joining universal fireworks, that never ever seem to end.

Just to the right if we wait till night, the Sisters will appear,

Bringing laughter and some happiness, which you can often hear.

If you look around for Venus, shining lady of the stars,

You will find her in proximity, of a planet known as Mars.

Way over on the corner, is the largest of them all,

I know you’ve heard of Jupiter, at it’s very best in fall.

There is Neptune and Uranus, but you have to strain your eyes,

These two are the quiet ones, the turquoise of the skies.

Just to the south of Venus, on a clear and pitch black night,

You’ll see the lights of Mercury, when the timing is just right.

And if you listen close enough, when it is very much in dark,

You just might hear Ol’ Pluto, in the background when he barks.

Then there’s Saturn in splendor, with it’s many shining rings,

Oh how wondrous it is out there, and all the things it brings.

Yet it is just as beautiful, from right here where I stand,

To look out into the heavens, from my home and native land.

Who knows I may just get a chance, to take the greatest trip,

To be where no one’s ever gone, without a rocket ship.

And if I could I’d take you there, just so we could say,

We visited the Universe, and walked The Milky Way.

Geo January 22nd, 2005