School's In

by

Margaret Cracknell

Tall heads of mullein peering over dead blooms.
Brown leaves lie sodden on the cracked sidewalk.
Here come the children, pushing and shoving,.
Tumbling into the school yard, laughing, teasing..
Filled with trepidation. Starting a new year,.
New friends, new teachers, new fears..
And the little ones already missing their mums.
And their warm kitchens at home.