Life's Puzzle

Life's Puzzle

And all life's simple puzzle parts
Before the King were brought in carts,
Who, sitting there upon his throne
Assembled them quite on his own.

Each part locked, a pattern spread;
A form took shape, or so 'tis said.
But 'fore the picture was completed,
The king sat back, all but defeated.

Though all were there when he'd begun,
One part was gone, the crucial one.
The Jester, from the game expelled,
Now in his palm, the part was held.

Angrily, the King's voice hissed,
"Find for me the part I've missed!"
And all his people scurried out,
Looked up and down, and 'round about.

The Jester said to search no more.
"Here is the part you're looking for.
"This part of life that means so much.
"The part that even King's can't touch."

The Jester to the King did teach,
Some things must stay beyond his reach.
Missing from his grasp this day,
What is the part? What would you say?

-D.G.K.
Virginia 1998
Born: Long Branch West Virginia