The Thing

Is it the thing with feathers

or does it change with the weather?

Can it be lost, can it be found

or does it know no bounds?

We're taught it in school

where in an abundance it pools.

We recognize it in the kids

but all the news does is forbid.

I hear it's all we have

but by days end it's halved.

I try to conceive it's real

but struggle to grasp the full ideal.