What is the middle?

The disregarded space between two idols?

A place where your identity is compared-

To those that came before you.

After you.

The weight beared on your shoulders-

the silent tears that fall.

The mask used to conceal

the emotions that lie beneath;

Because no one understands.

The fog surrounding you so thick that

even you have forgotten

what the pain feels like.

The smile that everyone loves-

that no one sees through;

because it has become a part of you.

Your features stretched and contorted

into a masked used to conceal;

the lies that have begun to consume you.

Because no one understands.

This is the middle.

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