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Living In Purgatory

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.

Copyright © Sarah Cope | Year Posted 2023

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Jenna Logan Date: 1/17/2023 4:54:00 AM You hang in when times get touch, Sarah. Login to Reply Sarah Cope Date: 1/30/2023 10:05:00 AM Thankyou Jenna I shall certainly try, poetry helps alot.

Peter Rees Date: 1/16/2023 4:49:00 AM Oh dear. A situation hard to escape from, and closing your eyes doesn’t help. In hopeless limbo, you express it so well. I sincerely hope this is all from your imagination, but I suspect not as it is so personally described. I’m sure you’re not alone. A product of our age. Professional advice might help. Login to Reply Sarah Cope Date: 1/30/2023 10:08:00 AM Unfortunately Peter this isn't imagination but from personal experience, yes professional help may help I'm on the waiting list which is currently 2 years long so until then poetry is my medicine. Thankyou for your comment please feel free to check out my newest piece I've just posted if you were able to relate to this piece.

Sara Kendrick Date: 1/16/2023 3:32:00 AM I can feel the pain in this one. I can't imagine the horror that one feels when in this situation, but there is hope, there is always hope for a better today and tomorrow. God will save, renew, and open doors. Sara Login to Reply Sarah Cope Date: 1/16/2023 3:37:00 AM Thankyou so much for your lovely positive feedback I hope your right and as the poem says Whose pull will win The past the present or the future, let's hope the future will be victorious.