U-Haul

I had a chance once driving through the hills,
greenery everywhere in control of my own destiny -

to make that change...

yet I didn't - I stayed on,
as I had all the years before in the same place -

where I graduated -

I never wanted to live a dull life...
that followed boundaries and meaningless commitments-

tight borders -

I had a chance once to make a change in my life,
was I afraid, naive or plain stupid...

Because here I am...

I often wonder how it would be
had I moved that summer -

left what I knew for something new.

To begin again like spring
each year brings new flowers and growth...

if things never changed...everything would be dead.