A Poem To Calm One’s Brain Drain Anxiety:
Leave. Stay. Grow.
– A Poem for the Wanderer Within:@grakozyGreg Rakozy
Leave where, stay where—
No one is bound, no one is stuck.
Leaving is growing,
And staying?
Staying is choosing to grow in one place.
We are of the earth, not just from it.
But trauma ties us to a place,
To a roof, a region,
A mindset wrapped in fear.
Leaving is good.
Leaving creates space—
For others to rise,
For new roots to take hold.
We have to leave.
Prophets have left.
Leaders too.
Some stayed,
And their staying mattered.
But all journeys are their own.
If one kind of light departs,
Another will shine.
Leave. Grow. Spread. Expand.
You are more than where you were born.
You are more than a Kashmiri,
More than a name, a border, a language.
You are God’s finest design—
A human with an infinite mind.
So leave.
Explore.
Witness the world in its colors.
Settle in new places.
Find people who reflect your growth.
Then move again.
Create. Connect.
Let each goodbye make you whole.
Your journey is sacred.
It was never meant to stay still.
To see every corner—
To fall in love with unfamiliar soil—
To bloom where you were never planted.
It is not weakness to wander.
It is not betrayal to move.
It is fear that says “stay.”
It is trauma that whispers “don’t go.”
But the earth? The earth rotates.
The universe expands.
Why shouldn’t you?
So leave with grace.
Leave with hope.
Grow, with each footstep.
Let your story be vast.
Stay back for what? For who?
The land is not leaving you.
It lives within you.
You are God’s child.
This earth—your playground.
The people—your companions.
So play.
Be curious.
Be aware.
Be alive.
Stay mindful.
Observe.
Expand your vision.
And above all—
Move in love.
by
Dr. Najmun, with assistance from ChatGPT.
image: Greg RakozyGreg Rakozy