Its standing outside the candy store-
    not a penny to your name.
       Watching others indulge
           in glutinous delights.
Or waiting to be picked-
    while choosing sides
        knowing you are the odd number
            therefore well left behind.
Its the Martin novel
       each time one of your friends die.
Gatsby's  heroic yet untimely demise....
Unrequited quests
     Captain Ahabs whale
           Don Quixote’s windmills.
The albatross within my soul
Knowing there is no bridge
for the chasm
between you
and me!