Middle Child

The piggy in the middle

The land between sky and sea

The cheese which fills the sandwich

The odd one out of three

The one who gets the hand-me-downs

And broken bits of junk

The follower, not the leader

The one in the bottom bunk

The one for whom the pressure’s off

The one who can run wild

The one who holds the balance of power

The lucky second child.

Lindsay MacRae