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Stress

October 29, 2012
By Morgan_or_Mo PLATINUM, Greensboro, North Carolina
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Welling up from my gut,
Slipping into my lungs,
Smothering and stifling my breath,
A dark slime moving through my organs,
Wrapping around my heart,
Thud, Thud, Thu…
It curls up my spine,
To traipse around my mind,
Blocking out reason, rationality, sanity.
I’m gasping, and rolling.
Trying to get away.

How do you escape the invisible rape that is stress?

© Calvin C., Salt Lake City, UT

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