Under Pressure

Under Pressure

 

The structure of the bonds-

the difference between

 indestructible diamond

 and fragile graphite.

Complex is strong,

and simple is not strong enough.

Only diamonds are formed

Under Pressure

 

One must be forged,

tempered,

cast into the fire;

Pounded and shaped;

Shocked into blazing heat,

and chilling cold,

and emerge stronger out from

Under Pressure.

 

Running the gauntlet,

taking fire from all sides.

Friends and foes alike.

The one who dares to help,

is struck down by the enemy.

And the burden of guilt

 is too much to bear

Under Pressure

 

As a weary heart grows faint:

the structures too weak to withstand,

the shocks too extreme to survive,

the burden too heavy to shoulder,

the Enemy advances, approaches,

waiting for the kill

A life is about to be extinguished

Under Pressure

 

As Destruction's icy grip tightens

a warm beam of light shatters the darkness

an escape from the misery

no longer

Under Pressure