Going exploring.
Leaving tomorrow.
Wanting to go.
Yet,
Needing to spend the time
At home.
Wanting to stay.
Yet,
Needing to escape
The list of things to do.
Should I stay?
Should I go?
The eleventh commandment,
Learned in a self-esteem workshop:
Thou shalt not should on thyself.
I could stay.
But,
I choose to go,
To explore the world
And my self.
Mary [Ekholm] Francis
(c) 1999