Perfecting the Art of Loss

So many people praise and hail triumph

But a few do so with loss and losing.

A neglected art that I recently heard of

When I was busy becoming and choosing

Who will I be and what will I do with my life:

I drag all past experiences and hardly moving

I watch myself from a far- enough!

Enough preparing for a life that is already leaving.

left with moments of beauty, of fear and hesitation,

I announce that I want to start losing

yes- losing with a sense of intention

studied and proclaimed when saying

that with each loss I perfect and accept

I gain a lot more than the eye could detect.