Planned to Stop on By - a poem

My hours were scheduled short today
And I planned to stop on by
I knew just what I wanted to say
While surfing on that natural high

I'm done at two, you're out at three
There's plans that we could make
Why don't I stop back to see
If out to lunch you I could take?

You blushed brightly, soft and pink
And pleased you seemed to be
But your response I didn't think
Was the one you wanted to give to me

"Plans I've made to help out a friend
We're going to pick up her new car
I don't know when our task will end
And we'll likely be going far"

Disappointed I was, you know
Saddened it is true
But you went on to say "Just so,"
"I really would have liked to go with you."