Carolyn Arends

In Between

Carolyn Arends


Photographs on the wall 
Frozen in time we smile 
Neatly hung in the hall 
Moments caught like old hair styles 
Summer trips far away 
Homecoming King and Queen 
But can these pictures really say 
What happened in between 

In between our finest days 
And all the ones we waste away 
In between the dreaming and the coming true 
In between the lines we draw 
And all the ones we cross we are 
Heroes, we are villains, we are everything 
In between 

We remember the highs 
We can't forget the lows 
But we spend most of our lives 
Somewhere in between them both 
We become who we are 
Without even noticing 
Over breakfast dishes and bedtime prayers 
And what we do in between 

In between our finest days 
And all the ones we waste away 
In between the dreaming and the coming true 
In between the lines we draw 
And all the ones we cross we are 
Heroes, we are villains, we are everything 
In between 

In between our finest days 
And all the ones we waste away 
In between the dreaming and the coming true 
In between the lines we draw 
And all the ones we cross we are 
Heroes, we are villains, we are 
Lovers, we are leavers we are 
Skeptics or believers, we are everything 
In between