Please Care

Maybe I'll just go out into the world,
And never come back. I'm not there.
Would anyone notice?
Would anyone care?
More, if not most importantly, would you care?
I could apck and slip silently into the night--
I'd leave a note to tell you my feelings.
I'd take my essentials, no more, and abandon
My tears, my fears. Futilely.
They're always half a step behind me.
With me invariably.
I could escape life here!
But I can't escape your voice,
Calling me softly away.
Then 'tis too late, I wake.
I begin to pack, and sure enough--
I can't escape anything but this place.
Do you care?