Poems from the Heart and Mind

Pressure

Gotta keep going,

I cannot stop,

No time for growing,

Have to make it on top.

Gotta work, gotta read,

Gotta write, gotta hear,

More knowledge we need,

Or at least that's what they say, and what we fear.

The expectations are all so high,

Constant reminders not to fail,

Everyday they wring you dry,

Not even praise they have time to hail.

In this world, we all must fight,

You have to be the best of the best.

You must keep trying, there is no "might,"

"Might" won't cut it, no time for rest.

I guess that's what it takes to make it in life,

But remember, we're just kids,

It's our youth we have been deprived,

Let us go for a while, let us live.