Lost

We are born lost                                                                  
in hunger and in cry,
among the sounds,
textures, and overwhelming lights
Lost in a world so new!

Comes the first steps
and we get lost in curiosity,
in the garden, and behind the doors
Lost in mischief, lost in awe!

Sweet teen years
and lost in the maze of confusion,
in frustration, wandering adrift
Lost identity, lost in the streets!

As years pass, we lose the way
where to go, which path to take,
lost in the counting of mistakes
Lost in love, lost in the world!

Growing old and still lost
loss of youth, loss of energy,
lost keys to forgotten doors
anything else here I missed?
Loss of words!

How do we feed our dreams before we go?
Lost in direction, lost in nostalgia, lost evermore
Lost in reflections, lost in thoughts!
Lost, so we can find ourselves. Again.

--Bernadete vdw, ‘25