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Inbetweeners
September 3, 2014
I wasn't sure which I was more excited for
Life or death
For the day that my living will finally mean more than existing
Or for the day that it wouldn't matter whether I lived or existed
For so long I lived in this inbetween state
Not exactly alive.
Not exactly dead.
I stayed there so long I forgot what the outside world looked like
Forgot how to live
Or maybe better yet how to die
I watched as one by one my fellow campers would pack up their things and leave.
But I never did.
I stayed not because I liked the inbetween
But because it was all I knew
This state of limbo was all I knew
But a few years back I packed up my bags
Told myself I had to choose
Life or death
But instead I sat there with my bags packed at my feet
But my feet attached to the ground
For years now the limbo has been both my life and my death.
© Jeff P., Westport, MA
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PureDrawings BRONZE said...
on Sep. 7 2014 at 6:16 pm
Wow. You put such emotion it was seeping through my computer. You did a great job. You made my throughts run wild but my mouth be silenced with aw. Great JOB!
I only realized how true this way after I had written it.