Almost Better

An exquisite piece with simple and yet clear thoughts and words. I hope you don't mind me playing with some of the lines for a smoother read. Maybe you can see what I mean if you read it aloud. 

Please ignore all the changes if you don't like it. these are only suggestions for a very good written piece that I hope I had written it myself.

Thank you for reading and best wishes.

I tell myself I'm doing fine,
Another day, another line.
The past still knocks [on my door]  (to prevent repeating the word before. also door and knocks work well together)
[but] I’m better than before.
I fake a smile, I try, I cope,
Some days feel light, some hang by hope.
There's something [missed] at the core, 

[But I feel [my] life more and more.]

Not every wound gets time to heal,
Not every dream [shall] turn out real.
Still, I get up and ask encore,
Though [I’m] not sure what I’m asking for.

Rula has beaten me to it, I will echo all that she has said. ~ Geezer.

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Like the poem very much. Changes could be made as Rula submitted.

I always enjoy reading your work and I see a few suggestions have been made.

I'll add mine.

I'm not keen on the 2 befores.

I suggest, "Feelings still knock, not like the past,

Maybe I'm better, I pray it will last"

Also the line that ends "I feel my life more and more" seems, to me awkward, though I can't quite put my finger on why.

 Still a nice easy read, not pretentious or preachy.

Alex.