[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is this thing I had,

at one time or another, but now its gone.

What be the need of it.

A thing to be crushed,

a thing to lose

Why have that which can and will be lost?

One moment you're full, the next your less.

It is said,

Nothing ventured nothing gained,

yet to venture and lose is to lose with loss.

Starting over again a few steps back.

Why try?

 

Not really sure when this one was written.  To me it seems a bit weak compared to my other work.  Makes me think it's from younger . . . perhaps 94?