"I Am Floating"

I am floating on the ceiling of a yellow school bus, going down a lone dirt road enveloped by prairie grass, neatly and symmetrically hedged for miles by barbed wire fences. I am floating on the ceiling of a yellow school bus, over young children with sun-streaked hair, and sun-dappled faces, and laughter lilts through the air rising until it covers me. I am floating on the ceiling of a yellow school bus, the air is thick with summer, and chatter of vacation, of impending freedoms, and there is a light that I have never witnessed in all my years. I am floating on the ceiling of a yellow school bus. Aleathia Drehmer 2006 Published by The Outsider Writers 6/07