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Neither Here Nor There<br />
The elevator waits on the first floor<br />
The doors open wide, beckoning me in<br />
I board and greet the people around me<br />
And I’m met with blank stares from empty<br />
The doors slide shut, and I can see<br />
Skeletal reflections of the people behind me<br />
Specters of my past that threaten and haunt<br />
Like the roots of an oak, they twist and they<br />
The elevator rises and we reach the next floor<br />
With a sigh of relief, I watch everyone go<br />
Leaving me alone in my little metal sanctuary<br />
As once again the lift resumes its climb<br />
And then the floor beneath me gives a heave<br />
With a sound like metal grinding on rocks<br />
The lift has just stopped between two floors<br />
It groans and jerks once, as though it is<br />
To struggle on, but then it is still and quiet<br />
As a tomb, and panic creeps up my throat<br />
For now I am trapped here in this coffin<br />
Stranded and unable to get where I need<br />
Go, completely alone in this prison<br />
Between two worlds, neither here nor there<br />
Below me the land of lies I’ve left behind<br />
And above the glorious realm I’m striving to<br />
eyes<br />
turn<br />
upward<br />
trying<br />
to<br />
reach<br />
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