Too Soon

Do you ever grieve something

that isn't even over yet?

It's like you know

that's it's going to be gone anyway,

that you're going to miss it

so much,

that you start the missing

before you even need to.

You just want to experience it

again

and again

and again.

You don't want it to end

but it's ending so soon

that you worry about it ending

before it's even gone.

It's the worst feeling

and it's hard to control

because you can't stop thinking about

how soon it's going to be over

and you can’t bear the thought

of walking away

from something so small,

yet somehow,

it holds all of you.