The Inbetween

The Inbetween

As the philosopher, the artist, the poet, Dave Barnes once said, "Save me from the inbetween."

And I think he was on to something.

What is the inbetween?

I think it varies from one situation to the next.

But this I know for certain, the inbetween is a scary scary place to be.

Let's take a look.

One side you have the relationship,

the couple, if you will.

This side has many pros. Sure it has its ups and downs

but who doesn't love the "couple" state.

We shall call this side, purple.

Not the yucky pastel-y shade. Not the hyped-up neon shade either.

Just purple.

Its warm. Its rich.

It's actually one of my favorite colors.

Purple: it's the color of kings and queens. It's lavish.

Yes, we shall call this state "purple."

On the flip side of the coin, you have singleness.

Yes, it has its seemingly depressingly lonely conotations

but it's not all bad. Ask anyone who just got out of horrible relationship.

There is the free time. The "me time". The friend time.

The time to focus on God.

Singleness: we shall call this side, green.

Green, another one of my favorite colors.

I actually look excellent in green.

It symbols money, and regrowth, and spring.

Green is fresh. You can almost smell how fresh.

Yes, we will call this state, "green."

So there you have it folks, the two sides of the coin.

"But then," you ask, "what happens when the two combine?"

"Well! Good question!" I tell you.

See, then there are the times that try to mix the two.

The folks who unsuspectingly try to take one quality from the purple...

And then! They take a quality from the green!

"Who would do such a thing?" You might ask.

Well, I know not who! I am still answering the "what"!

You see folks (who apparently skipped that elementary art class)

When you take purple and then take some green,

and then you mix the two together...

you get BROWN.*

Yes, brown. And brown is never good.

The color brown is symbolic of poop. It's correlated with death.

Brown is bleh. And sometimes blah. It's both bleh and blah.

Now you people want to know the point,

so I shall make it.

The inbetween is brown. It isn't good.

I made a page out of what ol' Dave said better in only four lines,

so that is what I'll leave you with.

"Love ain't got to be something complicated

It can be as easy as it seems

So tell me if we're hot or cold baby

Just save me from the inbetween"

*Disclaimer: I have nothing against the color brown per say, only what it represents.