By Jeni  (Fantmn1597@aol.com)
Date: 9 June 2000

Filmy Residue

Day by day I live this life
going throught the motions effortlessly
Wishing for something I had
longing for something I have yet to touch.
I brushed against it once
But like a wet bar of soap it slipped out of reach
the tighter I held on.
Just a filmy residue left behind
A memory of what I once was
A trace of what I may become
A heart afraid of being broken
never learns to love
A soul afraid of dying
never learns to live.
Yet I have done both
Been burned many times
and still here I am
Wishing for something I had
Longing for something I have yet to touch
With nothing but a filmy residue 
to remind me of where I've been