middle

the borders of
understanding and frustration
hope and disappointment
concern and nonchalance
new beginnings and abrupt endings
present and future...

enlarging, enlarging
with every beat of the heart

narrowing, narrowing
closing in to the centre

suffocating, suffocating
what's in the middle, the very core...

myself

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("middle" should be my middle name)

It's challengingly tricky to master how to gauge
the healthy required intensity and frequency of "thinking for oneself"