I have an idea from another lost,
a bird that flew away before I could take a picture,
a spider that scurried away before it could be caught,
a pen that ran out of ink before I finished.

I have an idea from another lost,
a sentence interrupted,
a voice dried up,
a fish that lay choking on the sand.

Yet another thought maybe worth preserving
gone
vanished
dried out
interrupted
choked

gone

I have an idea from another lost
trying to make failure worth reading about.