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Living In Purgatory

Include the date 30/01/2022, contest name, 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 26 Poetry Contest. 

Living in Purgatory

What do you do when you've had enough
You Can't end it all
But you no longer want to continue 
Because you cant move forward
The pasts grip 
is holding you back 
But it wants to drag you back 
to the pain and misery
But you stand strong
Eager to get going 
Eager to move on 
But You're stuck 
Being held in purgatory
See you're Alive 
but you're not Living 
Stuck in stagnation
Becoming Stagnant stood still 
Feet are firmly rooted to the ground
But while life still runs through you
Blood pumping through your veins
Air inflates and deflates your lungs,
Heart heartedly thumping
Strong thump, thump, thump,
Eyes blinking blink blink 
In sync with one another 
A statue stuck in the present
Trying to run from the past 
To map out a future
But here I remain stuck
Between times tenses 
Whose pull will win
The past the present
or the future
Or will I remain here 
In the present 
Stagnant Stuck
Living my life in purgatory.

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Date: 7/22/2023 5:26:00 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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Sarah Cope
Date: 7/25/2023 12:27:00 AM
Thankyou so much Beata for your lovely comment and feedback, and thankyou for your piece of scripture I'm not massively religious but I certainly appreciate your blessings, many thanks Sarah

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