I meant to call you

I like to learn new things, new perspectives, new translations.  This does not mean that I need to do everything myself.  My beloved tells me it is possible to live some things vicariously.  I remember that I used to be a Vicar in a small parish.  It sounded quaint and rather British.  Now I am without such a title.  I have added more letters after my name since then.  And now, six years out, I consider dropping letters. I am no longer a vicar, but I consider the possibility of living some things vicariously.

Workshop upon workshop,

Training upon training,

The letters string after my name.

I learn good things

From each.

I also learn

What I do not wish to do.

It is possible

He says

To live some things vicariously,

To learn things

From others

Without doing them

Yourself.

At lunch last week

A friend said

I meant to call you

When I heard you were involved

In one more training;

I should have called you

And said

Whatever are you doing?

Ah perhaps she should have called.

Perhaps

I may have listened.

Perhaps.