Woke up 
thinking of you 
this morning
 Fall with brilliant leaves

What happened
What did you do?
Take something new?
Forget to take
What you should?  

Biology Chair called me
Around seven
Said your spouse
Could not reach you  

You had not come home
From the University
Your little girls
Were waiting  

They came home
from their music lessons
You weren’t there
Dinner was not ready
On the table

Where are they
and how old now with children
of their own
and some substitute grandmother

Security searched
the Science Building
Went through every biology lab, classroom
Unlocked every office
Nothing/no one
 
Ten o’clock
the Biology chair called
He was going to go back through the labs
Told him to take security with him
He didn’t      

He found you curled
Under a lab table
Security had missed you
Small of frame and stature  

State/local police
came FBI arrived
Foul play
University responsible
Chairs face  

At your funeral
Little girls, their father,
Your spouse,
Sister, parents
 
The Rabbi Read meaningful Psalms
Spoke of the beauty of fall
Of changing leaves
Lives, life
Living without you  

Instructor, I know
Only your Family
Brought together By you.