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Poetry

We've all felt or will feel as though we're drowning from the pressure or expectations of others at one point of our lives.

Under The Water

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by bookwormangel

by bookwormangel

I hear their voices

I see their disappointment

I feel the pressure of their piercing gazes.

Yelling, screaming

telling me what to do.

Failure, nuisance

their eyes say it all.

Hands, voices

pushing me down.

I want to be free

To float, to fly

Away from their expectations.

But the pressure is too much

I'm suffocating, eyes burning.

I don't know how long I'll last

How much longer I'll fight.

I'm scared, I'm breaking

Under the water.