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January 31, 2010
By notaprettygirl BRONZE, Knoxville, Tennessee
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Pressure engulfs me
like a starving, raving piranha,
eager for food, subsistence, anything.

Incredulously, nobody notices
as I fall deep



deep




deeper down into confusion.

Balancing
her wishes,
his dreams,
their expectations.. until
everything

stops.


Cascades,
falls,

crashes;


tumbling
down

around
me.

Damn piranha.

The author's comments:
Inspired by stress about college, relationships, and life in general.
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