THERE WILL BE A POINT WHEN SEVERAL PEOPLE IN TOWN
WILL ENHANCE PRECIOUS MOMENTS SPENT IN UPWARD BOUND.
THESE SPECIAL PEOPLE, WITH A PEN OF SUCCESS, WILL
FORM A MARK ON THE WORLD MEANING NOTHING BUT THE BEST.
THESE PEOPLE WILL, LIKE A CHILD DOES A TOY,
DRAG UPWARD BOUND’S TEACHINGS EVERYWHERE WITH JOY.

THERE COMES,
SOME POINTS WHEN ONE MUST STATE
THE FEELINGS THEIR ACTIONS SELDOM INDICATE
WHEN “OH NO” THEIR MOUTHS WILL ITERATE
AND “OH YEAH” IS WHAT IT SHOULD ENUNCIATE
GREAT VIRTUES THAT NEVER TERMINATE

THERE COMES A TIME WHEN CATERPILLERS ARE FORMED
AT THIS VERY SAME TIME BUTTERFLIES WILL MOVE ON
YES LIFE GOES ON AND ON AND ON
LIKE A RVER’S FLOW AND AN OCEAN’S SONG – WE MUST MOVE ON

A POINT IN TIME WHEN ONE THINKS ABOUT
THE WHISPERS IN LIFE THEY TURNED TO A SHOUT
THE BELIEFS IN LIFE THAT ERASE THE DOUBT
AND THE ONES, IN LIFE, THAT HELPED THEM OUT

THERE COMES A TIME WHEN DREAMS ARE REACHED
WHEN LIVES ARE TOUCHED AND SOWS ARE REAPED
WHEN SUCCESS WILL RISE – THE WORD “CAN’T” WILL FALL.
UPWARD BOUND IS THE PILOT OF IT ALL
THERE COMES A TIME, A POINT, A WILL
THERE IS A TIME FOR A WONDROUS APPEAL
“MRS. BAILEY, MRS. CHURCH, CLASS OF 2000 CONFESSES
WE THANK YOU. WE LOVE YOU. MAY YOU BOTH BE BLESSED!”

BY LAWANDA HAWKINS
6/22/2000