The Unseen Force- Honored (Administrative Office Professionals Day 2011)

The Unseen Force- Honored

D. Segura

4/26/11

Of the forest and the trees,

we have no luxury

in our work

of dwelling on just one or the other.

We must also observe

and preempt and respond to

everything in between

which lurks;

waiting.

We are supported

by an oft

unseen force.

This phalanx of experts

enables our efforts

to care for the forest

and to tend to the trees

and collect the fruits

of her bounty.

Usually the first

to step into the fray

and frequently

the last to be celebrated,

but their contribution

is vital to our mission.

For without their selfless

wielding of so mysterious powers,

the trees would go unpruned,

the paths would go untended

the needs of the fauna would go unmet

the whole forest is lost.

So, today we raise up those whose

place should already be on the pedestal.

While always revered,

today they take the place of honor.

Today the unseen is seen;

the saviors of both

forest and trees;

heroines and heroes to all the rest.