Too Late

I wonder why we fail
To speak that loving word
To those we love the best,
To those who've seldom heard?
It's not what we intend
To be the least unkind;
It's just that we neglect
Or let it slip our mind,
How sad to think we'll wait
'Til friends have passed away
And then, too late, speak thoughts
We should have said today.

                                      --Anonymous