In Between

By: Alyssa Pennini

The weight of the world

Falls on my shoulders

Holding me in place

Like an invisible boulder

My steps grow short

Pushing me down

My legs are like lead

Feet fixed to the ground

I’m lost at the moment

A life without direction

With nothing much to do

I find time for reflection

Not happy with the present

My life is frozen in place

Change isn’t happening

But it’s what I wish to embrace

Though I’m stuck in the past

I wait for the future to be seen

I’m neither here nor there

But somewhere in between