almost

Almost,
This six-letter word.

Almost might just be the most hurtful word in the English dictionary.

It is the bridge between wanting and having.
The knife that never quite
cuts but is sharp enough to draw a little blood.

It lives in the pause after the question, the space where an answer should have been.

Almost,
almost there, close enough to imagine what could have been.

Almost chosen
Almost loved
Almost won
Almost the person I wanted to become

But alas, almost is never enough.