Almost is never enough by Vindhya Nagandla (13, Virginia)

once a little girl asked me
what is your least favorite word 
to this i said
Almost
and why is that, she asked
well… i said

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my mother Almost survived
the car Almost missed her
she Almost made it home
but Almost is never enough

once an old man asked me
what is your least favorite word
to this i said
Almost
and why is that, he asked
well… i said

he Almost loved me
he Almost married me
he Almost stayed with me
but Almost is never enough

once a woman asked me
what is your most favorite word
to this i said
Almost
and why is that, she asked
well… i said

i Almost tortured myself
i Almost starved myself
i Almost lost touch with everything and everyone i know
but Almost
wasn’t
Enough

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