Why is it like this?

tried to hear it
but didn't get it
tried to see it
but didn't find it
tried to touch it
but didn't feel it
tried to learn it 
but didn't know it
tried to taste it 
but didn't smell it
tried to grasp it 
but didn't hold it
tried to want it
but didn't like it
tried to leave it
but didn't lose it
tried to take it
but didn't need it


1996  Galveston, Texas