“i could have done better

i should have said this

I would have done that”

round and round

the wheel again

 

but to live in this cycle

does not honour the effort

the things that went well

and the moments that were

even perhaps…great

 

and what power are you

giving away to others

anyway, allowing them

to be judge and jury?

 

they do not determine

your worth.

this one experience

does not define

 

if you sought to do your best

(even if you had the ability

to do better in the end)

celebrate the wins and

let the rest

—rest.

 

                                   –don’t let yesterday’s worry bleed into today

heather pound 2024

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