somewhere along the way

I lost it somewhere, somewhere along the way 

it's not here right now, but I had it yesterday 

but yesterday's a memory, today is a blank sheet 

that will also be a memory when this day's complete 

where do I find it? where is it that I look? 

is it in a smile? or in an unread book? 

is it in the whispered breeze? caught in a mesquite? 

is it in the shadows--playing hide and seek? 

will it recognize me? 

when I find just what I seek

does it know that I'm searching? 

for what I lost along the way 

I can't feel it now, 

but I had it yesterday

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License