Friends Reunited

Friends? Reunited Via "Facebook Message" the invitation Reached me - bold in bright blue tint With sprawling “school days” animation And scrawling script in child-like print Announcing that another year Could not surely be allowed to pass…. Would I care to raise a hearty cheer Alongside others from my class Who shared my school days long ago Let’s assemble for a “night of fun”……? A chance to gather and show What sort of people we’ve become To stand around in idle chat Make small talk filled with selfish boasts Speak lies disguised as truth and fact Charged glasses held aloft to toast High-fliers basking in the praise Of status and who seek to seize On empty hollow accolades From those who mask their jealousies By claiming meteoric heights Through stories of their own endeavour - Who use choice words to pit their might For status of a higher measure Whilst those of us who simply strive To make our way - without attention - Down the route of ordinary lives Will spend the evening without mention For those with lofty aspiration (In their opinion – all that counts) Have no time for peers of lowly station Whose lives it seems do not amount To anything held in esteem No sign of greater glories gained Those High-Speed-High-Achievers deem Us fit for just the inside lane But I choose a quiet path to tread So I will not gather with the pack I will focus on what lies ahead For I see no point in looking back