Poetry: Being overwhelmed - by Gregory Gambone

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by Gregory Gambone

Created on: April 01, 2009

The weight of the world
is too much to bear.
I sit in silence,
my eyes just stare.
I try to stay calm,
but my mind races.
How can I be in
two different places?
Responsibilities abound,
I'm the only one
who can do what it takes
to get the job done.
Pressure squeezes me,
I can't get away.
Look at the clock,
what happened to the day?
The deadline approaches.
Where did time go?
I got nothing done.
Everyone will know.

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Zeroed.

The dark wave rolls slowly over me,
Plummeting me way and far too deep.
My eyes shut tight, I see mosaic
But the wave
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I did not expect that!

There was one to the left, one to the right,
there I was caught in a horrible fight.
Pushing and
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by Elie Hutcheson

Flashes of the future come:

Scourging whips and lashing tongues.

Betrayal from a cherished friend,

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by Carol Gioia

Weary and downtrodden,
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beaten by the odds,
overcome with stress.

Thwarted by limitations,
succumbing to frustration,
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by Bobby Coles

Boiling point reached a couple of stressors ago

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