My To-Do Lists

They keep on growing, 
towering, shadowing 
over me and my doing
all that I hold myself 
accountable to
my life, my goals
chores, dishes,
sorrys, pardons
just keep on piling

these innumerable
small and significant
open loops 
without consent are spilling
over my body, heart, and mind
making me heavier
than my mass 
hunching me lower 
than my stance 
tip-toeing me smaller
than my strides

I could take a productive
hour, day, a week, a year
to cross out, one by one the 
etceteras, emotional, energetic
holds off my to-do lists;
or take a mindful moment now
and throw them all out 
replace instead with a new, 
light and liberating fix 
to guide myself to build anew 
in each minute a simple to-be list.

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