can't quite express

Can’t Quite Express is a 6500+ word epic poem.Part expression,Part confession,Part question.It is an intimate look at the impact of mental illness, trauma, and neglect. A critical dissection of the interconnected roles that family, religion, society, education, and government play, as well as their impacts upon an individual. A commentary on current affairs, historical trends, and the bleak potential of our collective future.Can’t Quite Express is also both an example of, and an encouragement for, writing therapy.It will show you how to use writing to heal, and then encourage you to pick up a pen and begin for yourself.The page listens.It doesn’t judge.It has a perfect memory but can be easily discarded.It is always available, always accepting, always there.Can’t Quite Express will move you to contemplate, introspect and act. It will leave a mark. One that will reverberate into your future through your words, actions, relationships, and writing. “There are things I want to sayBut just can't quite expressRuminations and meditations I'm too afraid to addressLike the veil over my eyes That keeps me hidden from the stressTo the dark wishes I'm fighting to suppressLike the fear and anxiety That I will constantly transgressTo the past expressions I am never going to confessLike how everything I do Gives me nothing but duressTo the unwavering ache and torment That’s causing me to regressI must professI desire to express my stressConfess to address this abscessTo obsess on happinessTo aim for excess And to stop living like such a messYesI want to make progressBut there are just some things I can't quite express”