The Middle
Lately the middle feels so far away
Consumed in a game I don’t want to play
An endless battle between fire and ice,
Numbness and pain, virtue and vice,
Freedom with boundaries, Abundance with restraint,
A race with a speed-limit, free choice with complaint
Fear of boredom and failure, dependence and responsibility
Desperate to escape my cage, too comfortable to use the key
Abyss is haunting my thoughts, yet enchanting my dreams
Bruised from falling off, yet still walking balance beams