Pressure

Pressure

Yeah, I feel the pressure

And I promise I’m not feeling any fresher

I can no longer sleep

As I feel as if I’m forty feet deep

God all I want is a break

Because with me bearing this weight, my back is starting to ache

 

I’m trying to chase my dream

It’s so close my eye has that gleam

But my mother keeps telling to think realistically

And it’s not exactly helping me to think optimistically

As she badgers me to find work

When all I want to do is what God has set before me that feels more like a perk

 

And I feel like fish out of water

As the days seem to only get hotter

I’ve got to be nice

Which is about as consistent with me as rolling dice

And I have to try to socialize

When it’s so freaking hard to vocalize

 

Yeah I feel the pressure as I want to make certain people proud

But the fear of letting them down hangs over me like a cloud

What’ll happen when I finally let them down?

Which I am inevitably bound

Even if they don’t mind

Taking it out on myself I know I’m not disinclined

 

And I’ve got these feeling swirling in my head

That I’m not used to feeling even late into the night when I’m asleep in bed

And there are secrets I have to protect

Or else all will be lost that I worked so hard to erect

I could always run away

But that’s not the answer, so instead I pray:

 

“Father please give me a fresh breath

As I know I’ve been washed clean in your son’s death

So help me to see me the way you do

At least give me a clue

And help me to find rest in you

Because love and hope is all you spew” 

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

The most important person to impress is yourself. If you cave to the pressure to follow THEIR dreams for you, you will never know the joy of fulfilling your own dreams. In order to truly be happy, you must follow your own path. Try not to step on the hopes of others, but still follow your own. Well written.

Lydi**

[Rene Salinas]

Oh yeah this made me laugh my uncles wanted me to work on restaurants. My dad wanted me to work on statistics my mom wanted me to be a musician and my sister wanted me to save the poor and the needy by doing social work. When they all ask what do you want? An avalanche of white came throgh and left me silent. But not knowing is not allowed nowadays . Get on with it everyone says. Luckily life allowed me to discover some of dreams and I have been pusrsuing ever since.

Find a way Danny to follow your dreams.

Thankyou for your writings though