"If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.
~ Neil Simon
Sometimes my mind needs a border collie to steer it in the right direction
cause my sense of boundaries sometimes gets lost
you see agoraphobia runs in our family
my grandmother only left the house
once a year to vote
my mother followed the same path
our summers growing up were weeks on end at home
when I was in my 30's I discovered I had a touch of it
on a grander level if you will
we went on a trip to Missouri and I suddenly felt
anxiety and had no reason why
after a couple jots out of town after that
I realized that when I left town I had the symptoms
it was like agoraphobia on a larger plain
my grandmother could not leave the house
but I could not leave town
wow leave it to my dysfunctional brain
to do it on a broader range.
