I almost saw it in the tea leaves
All the futures almost lived had gone unspoken
And though I almost thought I was relieved
I was just barely awoken
I almost licked it off the pages
He in the scent so strong, he almost started choking
And though St. Ages watched with almost all her sages
She was just barely awoken
I almost took the right direction
Kept waiting for a blinking sign, but almost all were broken
And though I watched them lock down almost every section
They were just barely awoken
I almost held it past the instant
The red-hot youth I’d grown had almost started smoking
And though the years I’d dreamed were almost non-existant
I was just barely awoken