pressing, always pressing.

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Open Poetry #36

pressing, always pressing.

exhale
Senior Member

since 2003-06-13

Posts 646
Alberta,Canada

0 posted 2005-11-27 02:14 AM

her legs were crossed
with her clothes pressed so tight to her skin,
leaving imprints for the rest of the day.
she liked the feeling of clothes
on her skin
tight
secure
pressed in place
she felt safe
this was all she felt safe in.

she was a writer
pen pressed in hand
paper pressed on lap
pressing, always pressing.
when she breathed
the air was embedded on the page
like a footprint in wet cement
she left her mark.
pressing, everything was pressed.

she emptied her organs on the page
till she was left
she thinks the word 'soul'
sounds cliche
so she says organs
organs pressed on a page

she's scared.
she's scared of the potential
everyone thinks she has
what if it doesn't exists
what if she wastes her life
trying to pretend she has something
that could be great
potential
potential
what if her hardest
what if her potential
isn't good enough.

pressing, everything is always, so, pressing.

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

1 posted 2005-11-27 03:10 AM

potential, talent, gift; words intended as compliments but they can really be weights. hard enough maintaining and nurturing that potential to meet your expectations, let alone theirs. write because you want to, not because you have to, and everything falls into place

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2005-11-27 05:30 AM

I can well understand the feelings expressed in your poem but, gosh, if I could write like you, I wouldn't be worried at all. Let everything be "pressed" according to how YOU like it because it all irons out in the end, the very end.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

3 posted 2005-11-27 05:38 AM

I think you have touched on some very common feelings most of us have had at times. Patience and perserverance are the larger percent of potential, I think. Very thoughtful and expressive writing. *hugs*....jo

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