Poem: Stay or Go
By Abby Weyr
17-18 June 2025
Constant discussion in my head
Stay or Go?
Things and
places I should do and be at
But I do not
want to leave home
Just stay home
in PJs.
Discussion goes
on for hours.
Sometimes it
ends too late to care.
Does anyone
care anymore?
As age the stay
home wins more
Take too much
energy to overcome the stay
To get ready to
go – clean and dress
Especially
going alone
Or if too many
people will be there.
Am I a prisoner
of my mind in my home?
I eat same
boring foods
Want to eat
tasty foods without side effects
Do the same
boring things
Want adventure
with a companion
No one
interested in sharing
They have their
own adventure
I am too
different
I am too tired
I am too boring
To have a
companion
To share
adventures with
Try to
encourage self to go alone
Don’t need a
companion for adventures
Tired of going
alone
Scared as age
of going alone and
Not able to
deal with what might happen
No one
interested in same type of adventures
I invite and
get no response
No one invites
me along
Feel like I’m a
boring burden
Or boring bump
on log
