There's a lone stranger in my head

Telling me about all the things I dread

A losing battle

A dying friend

And I in its center

With not a clue as to where to begin

There's no darkness that surrounds me

No light that bounds me

Yet I don't know what side to let in

My heart aches to make peace

My mind longs for some release

And yet the opposing sides won't recede

They're like tidal waves crashing upon the shore from the sea

I tried not to listen

I tried not to heed

But somehow they made me their referee

The more I drew back

The more the battle raged becoming ragged

And I in the middle

Unable to pick a winner

Finally deciding to just take a seat