From A Distance Poem by Carolyn Brunelle

I have so admired you...
From a distance of course,
Your lovely words;
Your method of discourse.
Long have I stood
At some precipice;
At the ready to perform
But alas
It is ended.
I cannot measure up
To the stature and form.
I, uneducated,
Unskilled
In my abilities
My expressions
Can only languish
In the shadows.
Mute, I await
Some muse to free me
From my tomb,
The words hanging
Unexpressed
On my lips.