Middle Times

Middle Times

Cheers to hope in the middle -

To today, to the design, the shaping, and the seasons

To the middle

between a beginning and an end

Middle in height, in age

Middle rows in school, the grading curve 

Middle sibling

Middle of life

Middle of older age

Present but not yet

Pressure to deliver

Dreams going on inside, in the middle of the brilliance 

So busy in midlife 

Advanced degrees 

children involvement 

the pace 

no time to breathe 

yet the repeat is needed 

Day after day

Middleness prompts the "what's next"

Worth and future

"that mark of perfection"

Feels the squeeze being the bridge

The compromise 

Midlife when the "leaves are at your feet "

Life taking place 

children progress

Life - the haunting 

to go back 

redo 

regret

Rejoice

Mid older age 

Now sitting watching from a distance, our job is to watch. 

children gone to livelihoods 

Watch the cycle continue 

the aging of yours and their beautiful lives unfolding.

Remember to rest in the middle 

"Ordinary mornings matter"

So we take heart in the middle

Middle of joy , hope, waiting and adversity- 

Lean back, 

and we consider it all

In the middle…..

Just like this daily life - we go on,

creating our lives and space, in the middle of the tension and shaking

 to breathe 

and be stunning 

About this poem: Middle Times  is a poem about the times we find ourselves in the middle of - life, seasons, jobs, waiting times  between beginnings and ends. Cheers to hope in the middle - of today, to the design, the shaping, and the seasons 🖼️❄️🌄

"Life has a middle too. And middles can be the hardest, because that’s when you can get really lost. But middles can be a beginning sometimes.” -This is Us