one lifetime isn’t enough

one lifetime isn't enough

how am i to be everything i want to be
to build something meaningful
to stand in rooms where ideas matter
to keep learning, keep becoming

and still have time
to ride my bike with no destination in mind
to sit by the sea and listen to waves undo the day
to watch sunsets that feel like quiet answers
to laugh over small, silly things with people i love
to travel far enough to feel small again

and return home feeling full?
...

how am i to hold both
the part of me that dreams so far ahead
and the part of me that just wants to stay, breathe, and be?

one lifetime isn’t enough
it isn’t enough to chase every version of myself
it isn’t enough to feel everything deeply and still want more
it isn’t enough to live all the lives i can imagine

one lifetime isn’t enough
yet this is mine
so i’ll move, and rest, and grow, and wander
and live it as fully as i can

ledalero, 22/4