hard to find and have,
takes effort to take care of,
but so easy to break
like a hard-earned property-
left to rot for a while,
easily replaced by RFO,
to fit present wants/needs
like the last of all roses-
patiently grown,
thorns endured for its lasting beauty,
left to wither for sunflowers
like a music box of sentimental value-
that used to be the sweetest melody,
tiresomely shut close,
to hear a different tune
like the oldest favorite toy-
loved, treasured, kept
outgrown because of boredom,
replaced with newer ones on the shelf
like the winter promise-
making fire in twos,
but one fled to summer's paradise
and the other left to die in the cold
like almost winning a three-legged race-
way past many obstacles
though victory still seems far
but the other signed up for another race
