TITLE (EDIT)
Life's Course |
DESCRIPTION
Just about the pressure of living.
[260 words] |
AUTHOR
Erin D. Traynum |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Erin is a person obsessed with writing. She has finally come to enjoy the passion that has been with her since she wrote her first poem at the age of four. Recently she began to write fiction. These are my first tries at short stories and fiction, I used to write poetry but for some reason I don't feel very poetic anymore, but I decided to put some of my past poetic works here also.
[December 1999] |
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
AirN1979@aol.com |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (8)
A Night Of Love Making (Poetry) Just a poem. [35 words]
Conformity (Poetry) About the pressures that I feel toward conforming to society and its views. [102 words]
Fake Reality (Short Stories) Covers the thoughts and influences of a gold digger at the moment when she commits suicide. [1,034 words]
I Look Quickly Away (Poetry) A poem that I wrote when I first kissed my current boyfriend. [115 words]
My Unavoidable Hell (Poetry) Can't really explain, would appreciate any feedback that you would like to give. [89 words]
Plight, A Collection (Poetry) Plight - The description of how I lost the gift of poetry. [138 words] The Hunt - Anger and consequently the violence of a young mother at her husband for not living up to his responsibilities shows t... [379 words]
The Attack Of Love (Poetry) (For Kantrell Who Gave Me The Title) The experience of living and fulfilling the purpose of life - love. [88 words]
Through The Window (Short Stories) This story is about a nine year old girl who is being sexually abused. [1,211 words]
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Life's Course
Erin D. Traynum
two pressures pressure my conscious mind-
one wants me to be myself- the other-
for me to be blind to what I know that I know.
they create a force that builds upon each other-
the first pleading with the second to let my
thoughts be thought-
the second pushing against the first
silencing it with lessons taught
about Conformity.
one speaks through shouts and sometimes
whispered words-
it dictates society's expectations-
warning of failures if i don't go along
with certain situations
involving me and a college degree
sitting behind a desk
reading briefs
about something i don't care about-
but the money is good
and i'm married- it says-
with children that need to be fed
and food don't fall out of poems...
so i better sit-
do my work-
don't say shit about not being happy
go to church and pray that my death
will be a better existence-
and this pressure continues its message
upon my psyche until i- fed up-
tell it to shut up-
then ME- the i who fights-
silences the light
putting thoughts im my mind
that everything will be fine if i just be ME-
not what someone else wants-
not a victim of the fear of failure-
a person who trust their own knowledge.
and i think about its thoughts-
wondering if my knowledge are the words that the devil would say
or is it just ME being ME without a care
about any religion's way-
cause my way has got to be my own.
it's hard living-
trying to be Truthful ME.
i wonder will i be afraid and listen to
Conformity-
all i know right now is that it don't
seem the way for me to be...
so i guess i'll keep letting the
pressures pressure each other
until the weaker one gives.
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2000 Erin D. Traynum |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
December 2000 |
NUMBER OF TIMES TITLE VIEWED
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