Living in the In-between

 The prompt for Poets and Storytellers United is "be inspired by the concept of “in between”.

Living in the In-between

Some days I swallow the light,
let it burn small holes in my heart.
Other days I release it,
watch it find wings
and rise above the clouds.

Sweet as sugar words
fall softly like glitter on cupcakes.
But scratch the surface of trust
and sarcasm sprouts
quicker than wild weed,
cutting through
the cake of pride.

So, eat my words!
The ones that fail
to grow sometimes,
yet hang like fairy lights
among the stars,
glowing only
when connection calls.

Some days
I perform in the limelight,
bow to the ghost of an audience,
only to descend the next moment
and disappear into the quiet
hum of the forest.

Living in an alien world,
I play the game
of hide and seek
the rare one,
married
to the in between.