Elusive

I am elusive Transparent Hard to find Sometimes I disappear into the night Sometimes I look like a ghost A vapor barely there I can be the light mist in the wind Touching your cheek I am truly invisible I can be a shadow on the wall A faint outline of a person Almost disappearing Almost not there But there I am elusive Hard to pin down Always moving to and fro I am a phantom A ghost I am the dream that is not real That disappears when you wake The butterfly you cannot keep The sunset that leaves A moment in time that passes I am elusive Never really there At all