This one is for any thing / person /opportunity/ quality ...anything that has gone...n u..despite of it all..are trying to grab it..with both hands..

but ALAS..!

Like a ship on ocean's current,

you move an unpredictable way,

but no matter the direction

from me you continue to stray.

Like a possibility that vanished for some time

you slowly began to return,

but I tried to capture you much too rapidly

and you ran off again, from what I can discern.

Like the wind, a soft breeze of your compassion,

blew beside my ear,

but unfortunately it was not strong enough

to blow away a single tear.

Like the moon you have a bright side,

with an incessant glisten and glow,

but like the moon you have a dark side

consisting of a mind I do not know.

And so like my sadness you stay here,

in my mind and every step I take,

coming in my dreams when I'm asleep

and in my conscience when I'm awake.

Alike to my hope that I often find false

I witness your luster turning to gloom,

and with this I can't help but to ponder

if something will come of you soon.

And as my logic you stab into my mind,

reminding me of my own irrational wishes,

uncontrollably consuming the inside.

So unlike the past,

you aren't here,

and unlike the future I once thought probable

you haven't seemed to reappear.

And now I must live

with the likes and unlikes of it all

until a resolution is made

or within my mind you become small.

It may be wrong,

and it may take long,

but just like

a lifelong dream

I hold onto you dearly

until I know you're gone.

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