Just Start

Says the cheesy bookmark
Glaring at me
For what is the billionth
Time
In which so many ideas have Rattled
in my head

It’s just…

Ellipses that seem eternal
The pause necessary
For finding myself
Yet allow too much
Time
And i’m losing myself

Too

Many ideas
Production level taqueria
I’m just a small drop in the world
But in a bucket it sends us in a whirl

So just start
My bookmark states

I’m starting to connect the Link
I’m afraid of the dark
My cry like a canary
In regards to my cerebellum
And the tumultuous ideas

When really it was just
Ellipses shining bright
Signaling the way
Saying celebrate like a
lark

So
just start
My bookmark smiles

Well i know that i’m not tripping
In the dark
I’m just trepid
To start
how will i know if these ellipses will be linear

so
Just start
My bookmark
Raises its brow

I don’t know if i have exhausted the line
Maybe i will try
To start
I raise my leg
And to my alarm
I lept
Three steps
And how i wept
At the mess i made
Yet beautifully alert
Take a breath

So
Just start

Written by Mai Ho.
ハーフとしての意見、詩や、短編小説📚📝poetry and short stories from the lens of a bi-racial woman