Should I Stay or Should I Go?

I could stay in place,

never moving forward—

safe,

fully intact,

the me I have always been.

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Never confronting myself,

my environment,

my reality.

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Or I could take a risk.

Take a step in a different direction;

litter my path

with pieces of myself

I no longer need.

I can see her in the distance—

a vision of myself

beckoning to me.

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I’m apprehensive.

Should I take the plunge?

Will I die

if I fall?

Is the reward worth the risk?

Can I take out an insurance policy?

Or must I roll the dice?

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But wait—

Is remaining here a guarantee?

Will I regret what I could have done?

Is it a gamble either way?

Is security an illusion?

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Finally I realize:

the only thing keeping me here

is my own fear.

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So I’ve decided—

I will take that step.

4/18/26