I’m thinking of leaving

not her; that would be ridiculous

Unthinkable, indefensible, INCONCEIVABLE

I’d last a couple of days at most

I’m thinking of leaving

Not home; that’s impossible.

Wherever we go that will be our home.

I live inside myself with her as a roommate.

I’m thinking of leaving

But not my job.

That’s what I am uniquely built for, duty bound

If I don’t do it it shall never be done. I have to eat.

I’m thinking of leaving

But I’m not leaving my faith behind.

How arrogant to think that I might choose

To unfriend the creator of the universe.

I’m thinking of leaving

But not Facebook, not today

Although we all think of leaving now and then

And I certainly don’t want to spend a tenth of my life there.

And yet I am wrestling with a guilty mind

As I sit surrounded by smiling family and laughing friends

I am thinking of leaving

my carrots

Even though people in Africa are starving,

As my mother often noted.