The pressure "to be"

VEDHEAD27

Been talking/feeling this from way too many friends lately...people I care deeply about. It bothers me, this pressure...and yeah, this little something just flowed out. Felt like sharing it ---for anyone else that may be able to relate.


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Reach up
Seek Up
But what are we reaching for?
So much time
energy
self
wasted
feeling defeated
loosing sight
of why you're really here
what is it that we seek?
too many questions
so much pressure
to "become something"
you have to wonder
what does that make us now??
live happy
be passionate
about every little thing you do
don't worry so much
about where it will get you
instead
let it be your guide
whoever you are
wherever you are
in your life
this is where it is
THIS is SOMETHING
THIS is EVERYTHING
reach no further

depopulationINC

i like this. its a pep talk poem

pacifier

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

be passionate
about every little thing you do
don't worry so much
about where it will get you
instead
let it be your guide
whoever you are
wherever you are
in your life
this is where it is
THIS is SOMETHING
THIS is EVERYTHING
reach no further

I like this. My best friend has always seemed to just do what she is feels like and not what she thinks she should be doing and life just worked out so well for her. Me on the other hand, I've always felt like I should be doing something so I do stuff because it is expected, but now that has changed. Now I have realised I am exactly where I am meant to be and everything ahead of me will grow from here. I wasted a lot of time like that, but now life finally feels like it has a reason. I'm going to teach my kids this lesson one day.

violet ray

so true....

Being Enlightened

Very nice! This made me smile. I've been having that defeated feeling as of late as well, but I always try to stay positive too. It's good to know we're not alone!

twin2

Good poem.

grooveamatic

Thanks for this, Vedhead. I think we all need to think about this, sometimes.

Ali

*sigh.I need a boyfriend who thinks like I do in this poem.*

ISN

vedhead......I was listening to a programme on BBC Radio 4 today about magnetism, and the mystery surrounding it in the old days......and one thing they compared it to was an invisible or distant force acting on something, eg....eye contact, and people in different places having the same idea......a little later on in the afternoon, an idea for a poem came to me, while I was on the balcony at lunch.......it's very similar to your poem above, and like I told Depop, I'll post it soon, when I've written it.....

I think your poem is really good......it's like we're trying to make sense of who we are, and that means questioning our lives.......it's important to recognise that a lot of us are at the same place, striving for things that seem to recede from our grasp......but you know what, I think it's always been like that......I don't think we're any different from people in Shakespeare's day etc.......but it's good to recognise it......and I like this poem