The Pressure Poem by Bonnie B Long

The pressure surrounds you
Sucking you in tighter and tighter
Til you can't breathe
The stress pulling at you
every which way but loose.

The feeling you're going to burst
Is so enveloping
You feel like you can't take anymore
How can one man
Cause all this stress.

How much can one woman endure
How much can one woman take
The degredation and
Denounciation are more than
Any one person should have to take.

Its time to say its over
I'm done, I'm through
Its time to get out
Time to be on my own