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Inbetweeners

September 3, 2014
By BethZ SILVER, Atlanta, Georgia
BethZ SILVER, Atlanta, Georgia
8 articles 0 photos 16 comments



I wasn't sure which I was more excited for 



Life or death



For the day that my living will finally mean more than existing 



Or for the day that it wouldn't matter whether I lived or existed 



For so long I lived in this inbetween state



Not exactly alive.



Not exactly dead.



I stayed there so long I forgot what the outside world looked like



Forgot how to live



Or maybe better yet how to die



I watched as one by one my fellow campers would pack up their things and leave.



But I never did.



I stayed not because I liked the inbetween



But because it was all I knew



This state of limbo was all I knew



But a few years back I packed up my bags 



Told myself I had to choose 



Life or death



But instead I sat there with my bags packed at my feet



But my feet attached to the ground



For years now the limbo has been both my life and my death.


The author's comments:

I only realized how true this way after I had written it. 


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BethZ SILVER said...
on Sep. 7 2014 at 6:24 pm
BethZ SILVER, Atlanta, Georgia
8 articles 0 photos 16 comments
Wow. Thanks!

on Sep. 7 2014 at 6:16 pm
PureDrawings BRONZE, Chandler, Arizona
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Wow. You put such emotion it was seeping through my computer. You did a great job. You made my throughts run wild but my mouth be silenced with aw. Great JOB!