Are You Sure

Do you think you are prepared
for this
prepared for how your world changes
melts in your hands
and evaporates into
thin air

Are you ready
for the nonstop isolation
the intense paranoia
sure that everyone knows your business
has heard about your plight and
in some time, at some way
you will have to answer questions

Are you sure
it is worth the change to the kids
the financial uproar
the miscellaneous heat
Are you sure
that you are leaving me
for the right reasons
for the reasons that will make all this pain
go away.