To Go or Not to Go

Photo by John Tuttle.

The overused, dried-out saying

Of he who flees, runs away

Leaving bloodshed and slaying

Lives to slay another day

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Is weighing on my mind

When all I that hold to be true

Seems to be one of a kind.

Unknown thoughts spring anew.

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Do I stand up, or do I sit down?

Speak the truth or keep silent?

Should I wear a smile or a frown

While over my phone I’m bent?

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Do I remain here in this dull, dry,

Yet adequate and content way of living or

Travel afar, led by promise or lie

Perhaps to a better lot: the one I dream for?