She wore earrings that were longer than
usual earrings,

and I loved the way they looked on her,
elegant, classy and oh so stylish.

I would have loved her too, and she
had a sweet crush on me,

but I was born decades too early for her,
and I couldn’t cross that decades-long line.

But I wish I could have been nearer her age
because along with the earrings she had

the sweetest voice I’d ever heard, and she
was petite and adorable.

But, alas, the years between us were more
than 40, and it would have been unfair to her.

Bob Boyd