This poem, written by classmate Eric Fielding, was read at the 40th reunion dinner. Enjoy! 

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the pages of my life have turned

at such a rapid pace

I remember very few friends well

here and there a name or face

the riches of a lifetime

accumulate in one account

the past seems closer in some ways

as the years that have passed mount

I have written many chapters

in my own history book

on the eve of our reunion

should I take a second look

at the words you said to me back then

when we were oh so young

or just be happy where I am

and with the changes time has brung

you always were a friend of mine

even when I was no friend

and forty years later now I

will get to see you once again

I wonder will you look at me

now older with gray hair

and still see the friend you used to like

or will you see a stranger there

and when I look into your eyes

will I only gaze the past

or do we have a chance to form

a strong bond that will last

was Thomas Wolfe correct when he

wrote you cannot go home again

on the eve of our reunion

will you still be my friend

the miracles of modern time

have reconnected us

and in our pithy shorthand here

many topics we discuss

yet that is very different

than sharing the same room

have forty years taken their toll

I guess we will find out soon

I could not wait to leave ohio

on graduation day

now sometimes I wonder

if I had chose to stay

maybe I took for granted

when we were very close

should I head to Centerville

or am I just chasing a ghost

I will get in my car I know

or hop upon a plane

and yes I know when I see you

nothing will be the same

but I do so want to see you

for I remember when

nothing was as important

as you were to me, my friend