One Part in a Million

Just for a glimpse

Just for a taste

Just one part in a million

Of what I can see

What I feel in my bones

but not on my skin

What aches within me

What burns without

That which comes so easy, to all, it seems.

I try to convince myself

I try to rationalize

This thing that is formless

But I have found in so many

I tempted myself

I've tied my own noose

But stage fright

and fear of the ordinary

masquerading in the extraordinary

keeps me away

(NO LONGER)