What is lost?

"What is lost?" means what we no longer have, just like when you leave your favorite toy at home and forget about it.

Imagine you're playing with a big red ball in the park, and then you go home, that ball is still there, but you are not with it anymore. So, the ball isn’t lost; you are the one who’s away from it. But if someone takes your ball and hides it somewhere you can't find it, now the ball is lost, because you don’t know where it went.

Sometimes, things get lost because we don’t pay attention, like when you put your socks in the wrong drawer and forget about them. Later, you look for a sock to match your shoe, but it's not there. That’s what being lost feels like, it’s like the thing you need is hiding from you.

Losing something can feel sad, just like when you lose a sticker you really liked. But sometimes, things come back! Maybe your ball rolls into the street and gets found by a friend who brings it back to you. Then it’s not lost anymore, it's found again.

So, “what is lost?” is about things we don’t have with us right now, but maybe we’ll find them later.