The final piece

You open up the box


Turning the box around, you scatter the pieces


One by one, you sense the pieces around and try to find the place for them in your mind


It takes some time and patience to figure out what to do


The picture that was fuzzy and chaotic in front of you starts making more and more sense


Until it becomes clear the pieces that are needed



But when the end is in sight, there is a piece that you cannot seem to find for in your puzzle


There are many at your disposal, but none seem to fit the place you want to put it in


Some stick a bit out, others seem too short and others are just too big



The problem here is that you cannot change their shape


You cannot cut, increase or even colour them differently



What to do, you may ask, to one who has made plenty of puzzles



If you stick a piece too big, it will ruin it, so those are to be discarded


If the colour is not completely right, you find the one that is most similar to the place you want to fill


And you find the piece that is most similar in shape that can fit there



You may argue that it is cheating, as you wanted for it to look perfect


But puzzles aren't made with replacement parts in mind


They have no number on their back that allows you to say that it is that one that is missing to order one


Even if it did, new ones are coming out everyday


Why would the puzzle company keep spares for all of them


It is much easier for you just to get a new one to make



You can't make a piece to size


It is not your job to do so


They come as they are



You may just choose to quit making the puzzle, but so much effort has already been placed assembling it


If you really like it, why leave it there, hoping for that piece to appear


You have to work with what you have



Perhaps that smaller piece can work well in that space


Perhaps the dust of time will have the ability to help it settle in that space, firm and strong


Showing to all that that irregular piece has a place of its own on your puzzle




Original and out of place as you are


The correct piece for your incorrect desire


The best piece that your mind may find


The last one you will ever need