...lost chances...

I saw something beautiful today. On my way to school with Ethan. We even pointed it out to each other. Maple Mountain was covered in Autumn colors, as it has been these last few days, but there was a haze overlapping it, giving it a sort of vintage look to it that made it seem like a living photograph. I wanted to take a picture.

I had a chance. Several in fact. There was the time at a stop sign. And another at a corner. I had a moment in the elementary school's parking lot. There was a last chance in my school's parking lot.

And then? I forgot. I just did. I can't explain it. I thought about it all the way to my school. Had my camera even. Had the ability with my cell phone. But at the last chance, I took out my school keys instead and walked right into my building. Oh well, I thought, I will do it after school. Well, you know how that goes.

I had to run to this errand. From this Point A to that Point B. It never got done. And now? Well, now it is too late. I finally remembered around five o'clock this evening when the wind started to blow. The clouds had already to gather. I thought to myself, Oh no! The mountain! What I actually thought was, Oh expletive I forgot! Regardless, the sentiment was the same. I ran outside, and this is what I saw instead:


Who knows what tomorrow will bring, or even a couple days from now. The weather changes often. However, I do know, my lesson has been learned. I lost my chance today, to capture this one moment, that one vision. And I am sad. I will never see it again.