Poetry: Stress - by Ira Woodward

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by Ira Woodward

Created on: May 19, 2008 Last Updated: May 20, 2008

That familiar feeling
In the stomach;
A gnawing pressure
Corrosive;
Eating at my wholeness
Bleeding into my mind
Leaching energy;
Pushing me to the brink of
Nothing matters.
Can't slow down,
Can't breathe,
Can't think;
I need to escape
Somehow.

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My mind floats with mindless madness not letting me rest for there is no peace.

It wanders back and forth searching
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by Tom Wynter

Heartbeats in my throat.
Blood flowing faster.
Barely afloat.
Barely averting disaster.
Pressure in my chest.
Breaths growing
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I know your there
even though I can't see you
I can feel you
even though I can't touch you
I'd tell you to leave
but you would
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Everyone wants something.
They surround me,
Press me to the wall,
Screaming my name.
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by Ed Coet

STRESSED
The despair brought about
by mental confusion
more then upsets,
it is emotionally disruptive.
It is like fighting for

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