Not Stopping Time

 
I can't participate in that game
     where they want you to highlight
           the best of what you did or 
learned in the last ten years, when the past
     year alone has seemed like at least
           a decade. So much accounting 
all the time. And when you don't say anything
     because you're unsure of anything,
           you risk being called a liar, 
or worse, manipulative: a cherry-
     picker. My dearest wish was only
          enough time to read all these 
books. Only enough heart to carry
     what I can for the ones I said
          I'd love until the end.