pregrets in poetry

know the difference between “having what it takes”
and “having what they want to take away” because
no one else is gonna know it for you because
anxiety and panic aren’t about regrets
they’re about getting overwhelmed with pregrets
regretting future mistakes obsessively foreseen
that’s what the panic equates to
that’s how the anxiety seems
that’s what having what it takes
but not knowing where to take it means