Middle Ground

by Sean Darrow

Alone
I watched you there
Accepting isolation

Numb
I met you there
Comfortable sedation

Angry
I left you there
Infinite frustration

Grief
I linger there
Seeking emancipation

Asleep
I see you there
Subtle communication

Awake
I feel you there
Seeking visualization

Ideas
I know you’re there
Assisting cultivation

Enlightened
You brought me there
Immeasurable elation

You lived.
I learned.