Deep Pressure

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Deep Pressure

Down I go, below the
Water falls and sea,
Can it be? This is
The end of my rope...
No hope for someone
Like me, trying to untangle
Herself, when life pulls me
Down deep, deep into despair-
Calling to God, Is He there?
Does He care about me?
See, all this water under
My feet and hair-Where is
The Hero that cuts the rope
To the rock tied to my ankles?

Sinking slowly, silently, swiftly
Into the unknown black and blue.
Still calling for God...Where are you?
I turn back, I remember, You were
The One Who always rescued me
In the past-I remember how it
Used to be before I got here,
I think You left me-
Or did I leave You?
I don't see how, Now
I'm lost, confused and still
Struggling with this pressure
On my chest, I confess, it's hard
To breathe under this mess...
Bubbles rise above my stress as
Life flashes by, scene after scene.
Like a nice dream turned nightmare-
I'm scared! I'm dying! Screaming
And crying, asking God, "Where are You?"

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bklynrizz commented on Deep Pressure

11-16-2009

Lots of metaphors and deep emotion expressed here. When depression sets in it is easy for one to question God's existence. You captured doubt very well. P.S. God is there, sometimes His answer to our prayer is not what we want to hear.

Sali

11/18/2009

Thank you very much. I didn't know you were a Christian

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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Holy Mausoleum 0
Anolis 1
Wrong Way 0
Overturned 0
Twisted 2
Wisdom 1
Me in You 0
Just Honesty 0
No Time 2
Still Waiting 1
I am First 1
Using it All 1
Detached 1
Exchange 1
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Broken Mirror Part 2 0
Release 0
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Stuck 1
The Offer 1
When I look 1
Acceptance 2
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Letter of Resignation 0
Old Caper 0
Real Men 2
Mirror on My Wall 1
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Sweet Dreams 0
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In this Relationship 1
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Can I do this? 0
Connection 0
Consider Me 1
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These Words 0
Un-Motivated 0
Way-finder 0
Intermission 1
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Re-Vision 0
Ideally Idiotic 0
Letter of Understanding 0
I Will Try 1
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If Love 0
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Heart-less 1
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Orphan 1
Purple Heart 1
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Insatiable 0
Under the Rainbow 1
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Yesterday Night 0
Raging Eye 0
Whistles in Rime 0
Back of the Line 0
Secret Weapon 1
Dark Woman 2
Dancing Shoes 1
Addiction 0
Easy Street 0
Resigned 1
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Tidal Waves 1
Ballad of Estoria 1
Edge of NoWhere 1
This Russian Roulette 0
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Unwanted 0
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Mid-Night 0
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Painful Request 0
The Conclusion 0
Right Now 1
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The Reconstructio
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Familiar Places 0
Deep Pressure 1
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Giving In To You 0
Borderline 0
And She Said 0
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Departure 1
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