enigma - 25 september 2002

just as i begin to presume
thinkly arrogantly
that i have interpreted correctly
this puzzle left before me,
you change.
slip off
drift past
and float away
once again out of reach.
as i begin to believe
i have you caught
within my grasp
you twist
like the light of a prism
arcing upon a distant wall
and evade my touch.
you are my labrynth
my riddle
my maze
my enigma.