“Snapshot of My Thoughts”
I want to write.
I have the time.
Don’t stop now.
Not this time.
It’s getting harder.
Been a long time.
I should do more.
I don’t have time.
I need to stop.
Unlike the time.
Just take a breath.
There’s no time.
I’m running out, around, and down.
I’m running out of time.
Eighteen years, will it ever get better?
Standing here, is it love or a letter?
I want to write, and I want to get better,
Now, will someone show me
how to take time as it comes exactly?
Learn to adapt and react and respond to the multitudinous calamity and ever-changing sanity
that is just my own reality,
or is it all a fantasy?
Is this act of typing and writing
and coming up with words and phrases
another way of turning all the blank pages
so that I can say that I’ve done something right?
What—wait—god!! I’m running out of time..
I am a member of the Class of 2023 and the Driftstone editor-in-chief. Along with creative writing, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, getting...