The Middle

The middle, a line or a space

A useful, productive place

It seems to be thinning each day

Everyone is going left or right they say

Wear your team’s colors

Don’t care about the others

But then who will speak of truth

What will we tell our youth

Of what we’ve done with the middle

Did we sit on the sidelines and diddle

Calling others names

Playing stupid games

Maybe we should get something done

Instead of worrying about who won

Come to the middle and think

Quit yelling and making a stink

The water in the middle is just fine

Don’t worry what they think across the line

Let’s celebrate the middle as smart

Where you have both a brain and a heart