you abandon your intent

 

Visible, invisible,

A fluctuating charm,

An amber-colored amethyst

Inhabits it; your arm

Approaches, and

It opens and

It closes;

You have meant

To catch it,

And it shrivels;

You abandon

Your intent--

It opens, and it

Closes and you

Reach for it--

The blue

Surrounding it

Grows cloudy, and

It floats away

From you.

------------------------------- That is a poem written by the American poet Marianne Moore.  Title:  

A Jelly-Fish

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