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CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

Caught in the middle

It is where I find myself now

I love you

And I also love him

Why do you force me

Into a boxing match that I cannot win

Doesn't anyone care about me?

You say I cannot understand

The feud goes far beyond my bounds

Still I am in this collective net

Cut me free

Then you can speak of how

I will never understand

I have listened to enough

I know enough to know

I am caught in the middle

I am pulled taut

In a battle that is not my own

You dragged me in

To watch the punches fly

Sometimes I wish

I could shrivel and die

I love you both

Is that not enough,

Not okay?

I cannot chose just one

Because when it comes

Down to it

I am just a child

Stuck in the whirlwind

Of years of misplaced words

And anger I cannot agree is right

For either of you

So cut me free

And fight your own battles

And allow me

To have my own separate life

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Written by
sarah-aubrey
American
Published
Dec 2, 2012
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Copyright 2012 Sarah Aubrey

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