Mr. May
I’m sorry
I didn’t attend
your funeral
yesterday
even if I’d known
I wouldn’t have been able
to go
‘cause you can’t be in two places at once
unless you’re in that scene in The Notebook
anyway, I should have been there
and if I’d been there
I would’ve known
and not had to read about it
I just couldn’t make myself do it
I wanted to see you again
but I couldn’t get out of the car
I couldn’t walk through the parking lot
and punch in the code
and wait for the doors to open
and walk past the nurses’ station
and into your room
you on one side
and someone new on the other
I just couldn’t do it
I thought about it … a lot
but I couldn’t get past the pain
and I’m sorry
for that
I’m sorry,
Mr. May
TL