The Early Morning School Bus

Lately, I've been driving to work about the same time the public school buses are picking up high school students.

                           The Early Morning School Bus

                        stops and summons
                        young, dim shadows
                        from the dark with its
                        blinking red warning.
                    
                        Shades scurry down sidewalks
                        and glide across lawns
                        as the other drivers pause,
                        patiently watching what
                        they all once were,
                        anxiously waiting to get to
                        what they all will become.