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birdy Feb 2021
I feel the pressure of your achievements weighing me down.

A boat cannot sail forward with its anchor in the sand.

I wish to cut the chain and let the anchor sink,

Because the ocean is to big to stay here forever.
birdy Feb 2021
"Become perfect."
My eyes are glazed over
Delicate glass tears blur my vision
"Yes,
I promise."
Father saw in me a doctor
Teacher as a traitor
Full of burden and pain
I got pressurise by that drain
Hopes on me were high
I had to say my dreams bye
Fear of the failure
Was stealing all my pride

I saw myself in darkness
A system as a curse
Full of torture and unrest
And the rat race to be the first
I was lost in the cold
I was feeling all alone
Fear for the future
Was leaking all my hopes

But its time to hear my heart
And the darkness will apart
I'll try to find my way
I'll not care what they say
Beneath this sky
I know I have to prove
The brightness of my life
Will never let me lose
Man Feb 2021
how do you get a boilover?
you can turn up the heat
add more water
or increase the pressure

of course, you're using a melting ***
so there might be some difference
in how much you'd need of each, respectively

no past recipe can really offer preparation
the water's not the same
the temperatures' change
and pressure varies wildly
from kitchen to kitchen
Dom T Jan 2021
The world is changing quickly now,
much faster than before.
It asks a lot of humankind,
and then it asks some more.
BLM and Covid,
more dis-ease and doubt.
We’re under so much pressure,
all anxious and burnt out.
A weight has just been lifted,
feeling lighter than before.
A time to rest, a time to heal,
that’s what this time’s for.
The struggle of the old year
and the promise of the New.
I’ll look back and think ’21,
that’s the year I grew.
Man Jan 2021
a week
turns into a month
into a year
and it's like i never knew you

though that's on me, i suppose?
when never do i receive
a message
a call, a text, letters

this is so very clearly
a one-sided engagement
so why should i waste my time
when you offer nothing but enragement

i realize now
it had always been this way
only older, for it, i have less patience
Mel Jan 2021
ɪғ ɪ'ᴍ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ
ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ғᴇᴇʟ
ᴛʜᴏᴜsᴀɴᴅs  
ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴛʜᴏᴜsᴀɴᴅs  
ᴏғ ʜᴀɴᴅs
ᴘᴜsʜɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴍᴇ
ғʀᴏᴍ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ
It was fun to think of this one, thinking about how many ways it can be interpreted
Some time alone
means giving yourself a break
from the pressure
and stress of life.
low poetry Dec 2020
i like to write under high pressure
you make me feel pleasure
sweet precious

i like to transform move to dance
old form can make new sense
or be nonsense

opened myself to feel the rhythm
doesn’t care it’s good or bad time
this moment like a shiny gem
stop playing their silly game

trying new like chef cook
paid for everything I took
reading the next big book
she like the way I look
Amanda Kay Burke Dec 2020
Plenty of people
Pour their opinions on me
Find pressure pointless
The majority actually
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