Perpetual Search

The man seeks
Something
He thinks
Is missing,
Convinced
That when
His finds it,
His real life
Will begin.
Meanwhile,
He lives his life
As if
This is only
A practice run.
His job is not
His calling.
He makes do
With the woman
He is with
Only until
The right one
Comes around.
He is always driven
To be
Somewhere else
Than where he is.
Who he is,
Is not
Who he wants
To be.
Happiness is
Someday when,
Because this
Isn’t it,
And his search
Goes on forever.