#pressure poems on Hello Poetry

Sovit Pokhrel Mar 2019

What's gone is gone, i say,
Yet,
What's coming, feels the same.
Regrets and mistakes,
A life, on stakes.
Past Haunts me,
Future Scares me,
Present, is where i want to be.

What i did, resents me.
What i'll do, will represent me.
A life on the line,
Dangling hopes,
I wish, were mine.
Past Haunts me,
Future Scares me,
Present, is where i want to be.

Modern life is a life of worries, anxiety and pressure. Dont forget to smile & breathe. Listen to your mind every now and then. You might be surprised with your own capabilities.

#life #modern #pressure #anxiety #worries #fear #happiness #simple #things

Piyush Gahlot Mar 2019

Trapped!

The shackles ain't visible,
Yet I feel trapped.
Trapped by expectations and responsibilities.
I feel stagnant and frozen.
I fear of not moving on.
Need to give it a go,
Break free of these imaginary chains of
my comfort zone,
Before it's too late and fall prey
Of my own slothful attitude.
I desperately need a change!

#life #work #pressure #feeling #feelings #sad #alone #lonely

Empire Mar 2019

Scream

so often have I
wanted to just fall
to my knees and

SCREAM

at the absolute top
of my lungs
hoping that
maybe it would release
just a bit of all the

RAGE, STRESS, PRESSURE

constantly building up
in my cacophonous mind

#scream #pressure #stress #anxiety #pain #rage #anger

Arisa Mar 2019

I hate word limits...

**** the deadline.
****** the word limit.
maul the teacher.
tight sentences,
so concise,
stabs my heart
wasn't worth it at all.

I don't want to shrink my work, you hellcats.

#deadline #pressure #words #sentences #word #sentence #literacy

Sarah Mulqueen Mar 2019

Just A Breath

Chest caught
Tight,
A pressure weighing
Nothing seemed this heavy before
Nothing was so precious before
My whole world has been flipped brought smack back intoo reality

Just breathe

A love so pure
So strong
So fierce
How can I muster the strength to wield such a strong and beautiful being

Just breathe

Your ailments become my own
Your achievements fill my my heart
Your presence brightens my darkest day
I am so blessed to have you in my life
I feel unworthy to call you my daughter

Just a breath could change everything.
To stop my chest growing so tight

#parenthood #anxiety #pressure

Whisperer Mar 2019

"I'm fine"

"How are you ?"
"I'm fine.."
Like the broken vase near the window,
With all it's contents falling off

Like the chair creaking,
Due to the occupant's pressure

Like the thing you didn't like,
'Accidentally' dropped

I'm fine..

The most common answer of a broken heart - I'm fine

#broken #pressure #fine

Arisa Mar 2019

Advice for Life

Be not the Clown,
But the Joker.
Don't wear the pendant,
Wear the choker.

Please, take your time,
But only if you hurry.
However, do not stress,
Unless I tell you to worry.

**** yourself,
But **** me first.
Believe in fortune,
Believe you're cursed.

Look good in white,
Look great in black.
Come here tomorrow,
and never come back.

Vote one way and please vote the other.
Hate your rival, yet love their mother.
Take down notes and burn them all away,
Collect the ashes and do your chores for the day.

You gotta be smarter,
But you better be dumb.
Play the violin,
But bang the drum.

And the most important thing of all
Is to never take anyone's advice EVER.
- Because everyone on God's green Earth
Think they're so **** clever.

A whimsical poem I made when I turned 16.

#life #advice #instructions #society #rules #pressure #expectation

Allissa Clifton Feb 2019

A peaceful poison

I forcefeed my body a poison in the name of peace
When it coughs and begs please don’t
I hold my hands over its crying mouth and say just one more
The sweet aroma only I can smell when it’s been so long
My lungs cry at this smell
The putrid tears of tar seep into my stomach
It moans a low growl and gurgles it’s insults at me these slurs
              slide
                      down
                               these tubes of mine whispering
over one another as if those  tar teardrops had turned into small souls clawing at me until their grave
My soul lying at the bottom becoming darker and darker

As I continue to try to quit smoking cigarettes I’m both aware of the damage I’m causing my body, but at the same time the release I feel when I smoke. This is a constant fight with myself.

#addicted #poison #pressure #body #pain