Are we trying
too hard?
Attempting to grasp
what is unattainable.
Afraid to let go
because it
took so long
to arrive.

Have we lost
what we once
had?
Scared of change
do we struggle
not to drowned?

Have we placed
a dead rose
on a holy alter?
Claiming it was
alive when we
both knew it
had died.
Whithered by time,
crushed with
our expectations.

Has it passed
and we failed
to read the signs?