Requiem for the Almost

We were almost always 
Almost there 
A breath from forever 
But gasping for air 
We traced every maybe 
Like it was fate 
Built castles in silence 
But opened the gate

You almost loved me 
And I almost stayed 
But we kept our promises 
Buried, not made

This is the requiem 
For the almosts we were 
The ghosts of intention 
That never occurred 
I’ll light a candle 
For things unsaid 
For dreams unfinished 
And the tears we bled 
This is our requiem 
No ending, no start 
Just echoes of ache 
That live in the heart

We stood in the doorway 
Of something divine 
But fear was the language 
You whispered as mine 
I gave you my silence 
You filled it with doubt 
And we wrote a love 
We never read out

You almost saved me 
I almost tried 
But we folded the future 
With nothing inside

This is the requiem 
For the almosts we were 
The ghosts of intention 
That never occurred 
I’ll light a candle 
For things unsaid 
For dreams unfinished 
And the tears we bled 
This is our requiem 
No ending, no start 
Just echoes of ache 
That live in the heart

If I meet you again 
In a better life 
May we be certain 
Not edge toward the knife

This is the requiem 
For the almost and lost 
For the price we paid 
Without knowing the cost 
No finale, no flare 
Just soft goodbye 
To the almost love 
That never learned why