gravity

too much

to do to say to feel to do to watch to read to see to laugh to learn to love

to experience the world in its entirety 

fully and without regret

without missing a single moment a single day

not one second unused

not one cup from which i have not drunk

not a drop left in a glass filled with liquid gold

glittering

unapologetically,

not enough time—

running out running out running out

obligations stretch 

for m     i l   e s on end

things that are a must and not

a could

could do could say could feel could be

could if there was enough space

to breath

to take a step back and watch the suns rise and set and the frogs climb higher and the cicadas buzz louder and waves rush back to shore

i want to join them and fall freely

swirling like a painting set in motion

colors intertwining in a dance of my own design

tumbling into years that have not been experienced; lives—a life 

that i have not lived

that in this moment i want to live

to live with and through and in

fully and without regret

if there was enough space

to breath

to feel

stars do not burn if you do not let them

push back against the limits of the spinning planets

and do and feel and say—

fully

and without regret