(Maybe a songtext?)

Wall of Glass

Different right from the start

An outsider never taking part

Looking for what is not to find

Standing still with a wandering mind

Doesn't mean I feel no pain

Didn't mean to feel that much

I can watch but never touch

I can dream but never reach

Behind this wall of glass

I've seen a million stories

I've cried and I've laughed

I've died and I've loved

A hand so near to my heart

So close and yet so far

Knocking on the glass

Your warmth seeping through

Melting the ice, drops falling to you

A story almost coming true

It's dark here, you can't see me

What's glass to me, is a mirror to you

When you look at me, you just see yourself

Can't let you see the real me

So you won't be scared away

You go and I always stay

Saw a glimpse of what we could be

I'm knocking on the glass

Can you hear me?

In our ways we both are free

I won't ask you to stay

I want you to see

Felt the cracks forming, worlds apart

Thought you could break the glass

Instead you broke my heart

I just wanna close my eyes

Watching stories in my head

While the wall of glass will rise

Recommendation:

German Poetry Slam Text "Maskenball" https://belletristica.com/de/books/51237-mind-of-april/chapter/284707-maskenball