by Earl Demott

Created on: April 25, 2008

Melissa you are wonderful,
and though we were less than fifty steps away,
sitting in our cubicles,
reading our texts,
erasing our boards
to refresh the lessons of a new day,
and the workload seemed to burden us
to such a level that we were blinded by it,
I know it was no excuse,
none at all
to not recognize your beauty earlier.

In my mind you flash by,
always a pleasant look on your face,
always walking passed in the corridor
always knowing that you will make someone's day,
but the workload seemed to burden me
to such a level that I was blinded by it,
I know it is no excuse,
none at all
to not recognize your beauty earlier.

Now that I know,
through eulogy,
I think we could have been good friends,
don't get me wrong,
just friends nothing else,
sharing thoughts on a favourite book,
talking about our kids...
maybe even setting a date on the weekend
when they could play together when
my wife and I
you and your husband
could have sipped coffee closely by,

Now that I know you were...
...are...wonderful,
what does it get me but a saddened heart
and as the workload diminishes,
to such a level that I now can see,
I am left with no excuse
none at all
for not recognizing your beauty earlier.

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