go there

if the beach
brings you sadness,
if the waves
and salt, and sand
are too much
for you to bear,
don't go there,
if the city streets
are hard on you,
and brings you
to your knees
with struggle,
the buildings too
tall with darkness,
then move. and if
you find the
heartland of
kansas just empty
fields of wheat
and wind, and
dark funnel clouds
of despair then
pack up and go.
and if the mountain
is too high,
too cold and steep,
then that too
might be a place
to take off the
lists of where
you need and want
to be. find that
place that makes
you content, not
happy, for there is
no such thing,
and go there.