Lost Opportunity
©1997 by Skya Wode

They took you away today...your face was to the wall...
you did not see me...but I knew it was you...
My heart wanted to cry out: "NO...no...not yet...not until I hold
you in my arms and tell you how much I will miss
you...NO...no...not yet...not until I tell you, as you told me,
how bright you make my days when I see you..."
But I just walked past you...with tears filling my eyes...
I was in uniform and you were in chains...and such goodbyes are
not permitted...and they took you away today...