Darned if I do...or don't

A Catch-22

What if I don't?
What if I do?
No matter the choice
of what I pursue

To be alone or be lonely
What kind of option is that?
Neither appeal to me
Both of them fall flat

Alone doesn't suit me
Lonely makes me blue
What choice do I make
I haven't got a clue

The one is just that - alone
Wrapped up in my head
No one to share my dreams
I may as well be dead

The other doesn't excel
Lonely, what a chore
I wouldn't rate much better
On this option's score

20 lines
Written for Writer's Cramp
A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations. [1] The term was coined by Joseph Heller, who used it in his 1961 novel Catch-22. An example is Brantley Foster in The Secret of My Success: "How can I get any experience until I get a job that gives me experience?"


Write a story or poem about a Catch-22. Make Mystery one of your genres.