Time to Write

Time to write

The clock begins to tick,

So to speak,

My watch is digital and doesn’t show seconds.

It does show that I walked over 12,000 steps today

And translates that to miles

And calories burned,

None of which I believe are totally accurate.

I hope the number of steps is correct

And ignore the rest.

It’s like white noise.

I know it’s there

And I don’t care.

I take a deep breath

And try not to stress

About a few major projects

I need to focus on

Better.

About the novel I am going to write

In 30 days,

Beginning tomorrow.

About the fact that I don’t have a plot

Or characters

Or setting,

Or storyboard.

All I have is my laptop

And an internal commitment

To try this.

It’s almost time to write,

So i should get some sleep.

Tomorrow it begins,

A journey into the unknown

One word at a time.

Time to create

Time to write

Time to achieve

A goal.

It’s just one month of writing,

In a year of writing.

All that’s different

Is the focus

And format

And purpose.

It’s time.