I try to hold onto you,

But you keep slipping

Like wet soap between my hands

You escape my grasp

Like smooth silk sliding down my fingers.

You cling onto me only to evaporate

Like cold water on my skin.

When I try to reach you,

My feat cannot grip the marble floor.

It hurts to see you standing right there,

Waiting to be embraced.

And yet I can't fall into your loving arms.

I've been trying for

Hours, days, weeks, months, years, centuries...

And I will keep trying

Until I reach the

Unreachable.