Not Enough Time

There's not enough time in the world
To do what is on my heart to do.
When I dare to dream of what could be,
I remind myself that I need to be up
Doing something about it.

When I consider all there is to accomplish,
I find myself struggling to hold it all
In the fragile basket I carry in my hands--
And I realize there are only so many things
That I will be able to carry in my lifetime.

There's just not enough time--
And when I sit and think about it,
Part of me wants to shut down,
Close the doors to my energy,
Take a siesta...

But there's not enough time for that, either--
Trying to convince myself that I can
Somehow slow time is a delusion
That I cannot afford to adopt:
This is it--and it's got to be enough.

This is all I get.