Poem

After digging up trees and doing yardwork this afternoon, I am not feeling particularly creative. So I'm cheating. Here's a poem I wrote a while ago. It's not about me. It actually fits really well with the main character of the novel I am working on right now. I might try and incorporate it somehow.

Love Me if You Dare

I am like water,

No matter how hard you try

I will always find a way to escape you,

Even though you need me to survive.

It’s not that I want to leave you,

But it is what I am,

I slip through cracks a drop at a time,

Spreading myself thinner and thinner,

Making the need to escape and reform greater and greater.

And if you manage to stop the leaks,

Block every hole and line every seam,

I will turn into vapor and fade away.

To have me you must chase me,

Let me dance over your skin,

Linger while I can,

But know I will go away again.

Loving me will be a forever chase,

With no real reward,

Because when you grasp at water,

It slides through your fingers.