"The art of losing"

The art of losing isn't hard to master;

so many things seem filled with the intent

to be lost that their loss is no disaster

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster

of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.

The art of losing isn't hard to master

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,

some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.

I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

Even losing you I shan't have lied. It's evident

the art of losing's not too hard to master

though it may look like, like disaster

- Elizabeth Bishop