Between neither here nor there
an entire life holds its breath.
as I straddle the inevitable,
marking time between life's lines.
Caught in transition,
Almost here, yet almost there,
living in the footnotes
of an ending hard to bear.
My shadow crosses the line;
the rest of me hesitates.
Time gathers its coat,
weary of waiting at the gate.
Almost this and almost that,
in-between here and there,
the parallel lines at last converge;
there becomes here; then becomes now.
When all horizons disappear
and distance dissolves,
every elsewhere becomes an arrival.
Here and there intertwine at last,
and every therewith discovers
it's been a herewith all along.
Everyone laughs and everyone cries,
But then when it's time to say their goodbyes,
Nobody wants to nobody’s ready.
Nobody told them they’d have to already.
Come on now, time to say your goodbyes.
Everyone comes and everyone goes,
But nobody knows how much pain really shows
When somebody leaves them alone in the shadows
Cold and dark and dazed.
Come on now, time to leave, let's go.
Everyone waits, but patience is thin so nobody waits for long
Come on now, time to forget
All those times you can never get back.
All those people you can never see.
All those places you left the echo of your voice,
All empty without you.
All those memories you can’t recreate.
All forgotten in time.
When you say goodbye
I am here
but not here
I am there
but not there
I am somewhere
but never where I'm supposed to be
but never whom I'm supposed to be
Not really here
not really there
The Beginning or The End
Has become the same shade....
Lost in shadows of the Yin and Yang
Gray is the juice that fills my veins.....
Blessed with a Innocent Heart
Only to Beaten... Fluttered ....Pounded.....
Sustain me according to your promise...
And I will live....
Do not let my hopes be dashed.....
~Psalms 119:116~
How do you convince people they are wrong and so is the map see the little pointed steeple and the red dot says, you are HERE I am not there I am here earliest maps were dots of stars dots are not stars but perhaps you think you’re on the map but what is clear is you are not here
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