Summer~ Phoebe

We anxiously cluster around the door.
Our eyes glued to the clock.
One more minute.
I hear the scuffing of some feet,
trying to beat the bell
and the vast stampede.
Three,
Two,
One!
The bell rings.
Everyone spills out into the halls
screaming,"finally! School's out!"
Sooner or later, the crowd funnels out to the playground and busses.
I step onto the big, yellow vehicle,
kindly greeted by the driver,
and smile.
I find my seat in the back on the right side.
Bus stops go by,
of people getting off with a big embrace from a family member
congratulating the ending of school.
Then it's my stop.
With my head held high,
I trump down the three steps of the dirty bus.
"Have a great summer!" the man says with a face telling me
how badly he just wants to go home.
"You too" I say with a shy smile.
School is out!
Man, I think, life is good.

*I didn't really know how to put in the life is good part...