I never would have had the nerve <br />when you were around... <br />With your bright mind, <br />and your academic prowess <br />and your acerbic <br />(adorable) <br />wit. <br /> <br />A wordsmith par excellence - <br />published no less - <br />you penned <br />persuasively, <br />pedagogically, <br />perspicaciously. <br />(I often needed a dictionary) <br /> <br />I never would have had the nerve <br />when you were around... <br />so I hid in the shadow <br />of your intellectual rigor, <br />typing your scrawl <br />(you should have been a doctor) <br />and offering you <br />draft after exhaustive draft <br />until it was perfect. <br /> <br />I never would have had the nerve <br />when you were around... <br />but you're not here any more <br />are you? <br />And I am learning, <br />day by day <br />to tell MY story.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-never-would-have-had-the-nerve/
