almost is the worst word (4/14/96 -- thanks to Lissa for the new title)

moving through life,
i've learned
i am someone who can't
quite
touch it...

days of being
trapped in
a glass cage
of my own making.

able to see,
observing anything and everything,
but
not quite strong enough
to allow myself
to break the bars,
or even to reach through
to touch life.

almost,
(i see the life)
almost,
(i feel the pulsations)
almost,
(i hear the songs)
almost...


tom loos