Searching

I am looking for something I look everywhere Sometimes I give in Go to a cafe and sit and stare I'm looking for something It may not even exist A halcyon dream Impossible to resist Possibly I'm looking in all the wrong places With the wrong tools I dig Where there are not even traces of traces I'm looking for something I don't understand Beyond my invention Or comprehension Just beyond the lie of the land And when I find it It will not last A passing nod from a familiar stranger In my now immediate past A friendly cat, a smiling child A fleeting chat A walk in the wild When it comes it never lasts A fleeting glimpse of the closing act