I Am in the Middle of the World
by Grace Herman
as set to music by Leonard Lehrman, op. 139
Copyright 1999


I am in the middle of the world.
Up from the lake
ribbons of water running down
her pale body spins herself
under the open sun
casting no shadow
wipes her upper lip
turns to all
and to no one
and says
I am in the middle of the world.