The Daily Personal 9/6/2025

Kristen Sbrizza

06 Sep 2025

I stood looking out at the pool,
my mind loud with accusation and judgment.

You didn’t even use it.
Wasted season.
Wasted experience.
Wasted life.

But why?
Why was I supposed to use it?
Because the seasons said so?
Because the calendar dictated it so?

Then came the feeling —
of failure,
of waste,
of loss.

But maybe I got what I needed.
Maybe I needed to feel what it is
to have something you may not want.
Or maybe you just wanted someone else there.

Yet today,
I am so tired,
I don’t even care.

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