At What Cost

How many hours does it cost
To search for something you have lost?
It might be something you’ve misplaced
That’s vanished like it’s been erased.

Perhaps you dropped it when outside;
If so, your hopes will soon subside.
It might be hiding in plain sight,
Just hoping that you’ll reunite.

You agonize and pull your hair
When it won’t turn up anywhere.
But often it is gone for good,
A fact you should have understood.

At last that moment happens when
You know you’ll not see it again.
Your sad acknowledgement, a sigh,
Is equal to a glum goodbye.

I think all people have been there,
With objects lost to who knows where.
No matter how we may evolve,
Some mysteries we cannot solve.