Quarter Life Crisis (Poem No. 138)

This wasn't where I thought I would be

When I was young I envisioned a life

Much different from the life I'm living now

I thought by now

I would have a career that I love

A career that I'm passionate about

But I'm stuck in a job

I got into by mistake

Trapped in a hellhole I'm slowly starting to despise

I thought by now

I would find love

I thought that I would be married

But I'm miserably single

After one situationship and a relationship

That quikly fizzled almost as soon as they began

I thought by now

That I would have children

That I would be a mother

But I don't have any children

None to my name

Unless, of course, you count my cat

But I don't think it's the same

I thought by now I would be

A lor further down rhe line than I am

I pictured a life more colorful and vibrant

I thought by now I would be

A lot more happier than I am

I sit back and look at all the things I've done

And I can't help but feel

This existential dread

Coming over my body

For I feel as though

I've been left behind

Lost in the sea

And I can't find my way

Back again

To find a happier me