you lived so long
with the feeling
that something
inscrutable
was missing
at long last
you named it
chased it
held it in your hands
brought it into your heart
but the part where the missing piece
fits so perfectly
completes the picture
still eludes
and so the feeling remains
but now the missing has
a name
a scent
a smile
there is some lesson
yet to be revealed
pay attention
lest you miss that too