Struggle with Words

I wrote the words
Scrawled them across the page
All I wanted to do was keep them
But soon they faded
Fearing they were gone
I retraced them
Making them bolder
But in no time they smeared
Desperately trying to keep them alive
I carved them
Anxiously picking at the wood with fervor
And standing back to look
For one second I feared them
Time passed
And when I looked back
Wiping off the dust
I could not recognize them
For it was in life
That I had lost them