dog4life.....beautiful! Very interesting use of wording. You have invited mystery to tempt at speculation and enquiry to tease at reason.
One day at a time
Forever within rhyme
Only once is a first time
All pursuance seems a crime
Vanilla is not to be seen as much
As it is to be tasted or touched
Change is not painful, too much
As long as the past is not clutched
Sorry.....your poem kinda reached in and invited me to play in the creative zone. This is not an attempt to outdo you at all....I was joining you and trying to express an answer.....because your poem did in fact ask a question.
keep writing....