Another poem today! Definitely been a rougher week in general, lots of required things to do. But I managed to sneak in another poem or two. Remember to like and Subscribe to get more in your inbox!
Pressure
By Daniel Ottalini
Tears
Trickle down onto the hard metal bench
Sliding, dripping
In the cold autumn air
Something has happened
But you don’t want to share
It builds and builds inside of you
Churning and burning and making you want
To do nothing but sit there
Like a statue
Forgotten
By time and memory
Until the others have left
You alone
Under your own cloud of misery
Pressure flows downward like a continent
Subsuming under oceans
and mountains
And onto you
Futures decided
Goals decided
Dreams decided
And embraced
But perhaps not always
Will this crush you?
Will it stay
Heavier than a mountain
The focus of others’ hopes and desires and aspirations
That you will do better
You will rise higher
Than an eagle sweeping the Rockies
Be careful
Don’t forget
To bring your friends with you
As others have
Learned
It’s lonely
At the top.
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