A poem meant to be a conversation between two people, one who is constrained to their day-to-day schedule with no time to live a little spontaneously, whereas the other person craves adventure and last minute plans.

Let’s Go,

Right now?

Yes, drop everything and let’s go

Away,

Let’s escape our problems, our stresses, our due dates

No, I’m not procrastinating from something I didn’t finish,

No, I’m not running away from my fears either,

I just want to try something new

I just want to go,

To escape from reality,

Grab a dart and throw it at the map,

Wherever it lands is where we’re going,

No ‘if’s’ or ‘but’s’

For how long are we going to stay?

For as long as we want to, then we’ll move to somewhere else

But we can’t just drop everything and leave

Who says we can’t?

My job, my life, my priorities?

You’re in control of your own life, why not live a little?

What if our dart lands in a place where we don’t speak their language?

Then we’ll learn together, or we’ll get a tour guide

Are we coming back?

If we want to, if we think we’ve traveled everywhere we wanted to

Live a little spontaneously,

let’s explore other cultures,

other traditions,

other places,

We might discover the unknown,

The undiscovered,

We could rewrite history,

Let's go

But what if we get lost?

Then we’ll be lost together, and we’ll find a way out together

There’s no problem that can scare us, no fear that can conquer us,

You can come with me, or stay here: your choice

So are you coming or what?