May 6, 2024

i want to do
~things~
today

i want to get stuff
accomplished

and check
every single item
off of my to-do lists

and feel like i actually
did a whole day
today

February 26, 2022

yesterday it rained
not from clouds or sky
but from frozen branches
and telephone wires

and i walked
under the melting drops
and cared for a twisted ankle
and recorded auditions
and read for classes

and i felt so
accomplished.

and today i read for myself
and relaxed the day away with my spouse
and noticed the ankle not doing too well
and rehearsed for a different class
and waited to poem my poetry
and both sky and ground
were clear
and dry

and i still
can feel
accomplished.

November 7, 2021

i have so many
Interests
so many
Desires
so many
Hopes and Dreams and Plans and Futures
and i get stuck thinking
about
how
i’ll probably never accomplish them all
simply because a human life
is only so long
(and i’m cursed with needing that full 7-8 hours of sleep to function)
but still…
if i keep spending all my time
Worrying
and
Mourning
something
not yet lost
i’ll never even accomplish one of my desires,
will i?

(this poem is post-titled:
Just Try To Get An Agent And/Or Release Your Podcast Already!)