In the middle

look down,

im in the middle,

staring up,

head high,

you are way up there where the action is,

but the world is down here with me.

can you see down here?

you know I
exist,

but why do you shun me?

the earth absorbs my pleas, my shouts.

it absorbs everything.

is that
why you don't see me?

is the earth absorbing me too?

why isn't it absorbing you?

but
it can't,

you're too high where gravity is less,

I bet you can even fly.

you
could carry me with you but i'm too heavy,

I'm low
down where gravity is thicker.

it holds me to the
earth like an iron body mask

that prevents me from
moving,

it covers every inch of me with a heavy,
cold feeling.

I'll always wait for you,

there's nothing else I can do.

but you don't even notice me,

how
can I notice you too?