I Want To Stop Wasting Time Thinking About Wasted Time
by Kelly Grace Thomas
Always in such a rush to hurry up and live.
Scribble joy off my To-Do list. How American
to want it all and still say more. Don’t I have
every ounce I thirsted for: quiet water, endless
ink, a little love on both sides of the bed.
I want to be less scared and more
salt water. To taste the wind
and never beg it to stay.
★ First published in ONLY POEMS ★
I also wanted to mention that her new book, Future Tense, is available for preorder from Alice James. It's about losing a mother while on the journey to be a mother. I've read many of the poems in it and highly recommend it
“I want to be less scared and more / salt water.” Love the expected surprise in this. And idk if the timing was intentional, but I love how this poem speaks to the Lewis Carroll one from yesterday 💙