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Pressure

October 17, 2009
By tennisislovee34 GOLD, Sterling Heights, Michigan
tennisislovee34 GOLD, Sterling Heights, Michigan
15 articles 3 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Every moment of your life, you're writing. Even in your dreams, you're writing. When you walk the halls in this school you meet various people and you write furiously in your head." -Frank McCourt


Having trouble looking, searching, facing, thoughts are quickly racing. Pros and cons, weighing some facts, it's time to see which one will last.

Walking, running, chasing, this heart is really pacing. Breathing gets hard, nerves get tense, it feels like the fear of running into a fence.

Rope is yanking, choking, pulling, wraps around a neck. A heart pangs inside as the mind whispers, "Go ahead."

A throat is hurting, screaming, burning like hell. Not a soul hears a single yell. Time stands still, freezes in place. Now it's time to step away from this case.

Stopping, thinking, doing, legs become straight and the rope hangs alone. Lights flicker off, a car drives home.


The author's comments:
I wrote this in my creative writing class as a narrative poem. I didn't know what to write about at first, and somehow suicide kept nagging at me. I've never written anything dark like this before, and I wanted to give it a try. My friend urged me to try it, so I went home and had fun with it, and a couple hours later, this is what I came up with. I really like it, and I hope when people read about it they see that sometimes when people are thinking about suicide, sometimes they don't want to kill themselves, and sometimes, it's a battle inside them mentally, arguing whether they should die or not.

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on Oct. 25 2009 at 9:30 am
tennisislovee34 GOLD, Sterling Heights, Michigan
15 articles 3 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Every moment of your life, you're writing. Even in your dreams, you're writing. When you walk the halls in this school you meet various people and you write furiously in your head." -Frank McCourt

awe thanks so much!

on Oct. 24 2009 at 8:12 pm
StandardToaster PLATINUM, Pasadena, California
20 articles 0 photos 209 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy ever minute of it."

wow i really likt this!!! good job i wish i was this talented lol!

floaton BRONZE said...
on Oct. 22 2009 at 9:04 pm
floaton BRONZE, E. Setauket, New York
3 articles 0 photos 18 comments
i really liked this, you didn't directly state what you were getting at, which i always appreciate in poetry. it's not too dark, as in those poems that are like "LIFE SUCKS KILL ME NOW" which there are too many of. good job! i liked it alot:]

INnaturegirl said...
on Oct. 22 2009 at 8:33 pm
i love it... i think u addressed an issue that alot of ppl our age think about but never say it out loud.