Idea pops into brilliant sunlit view

Intriguing, promising, captivating

Creates a special excitement as the day progresses

Mind races with abounding possibilities, however

Fading daylight engenders a faltering mind

As darkness intervenes, competing ideas intrude

During a restless night, nurturing the idea is relegated to the future

Tomorrow came and the idea left unremembered

Maybe only an idea, but life could have changed

What was really lost?