Stress... it piles on.
It weighs you down
like a heavy bookbag
sitting low on your back.
It grabs hold with vice-like grip
and doesn't let go.
It hangs around day after day
making life miserable and tough.
Then suddenly, a change.
The grip loosens and
the weight slowly lessens.
Stress is finally leaving!
Yet, it doesn't leave,
not really anyway.
True, it no longer chokes you
or weighs you down,
but it still hangs around.
Arms wrapped lazily around your
shoulders, dangling like a cape.
stress isn't always oppressive, but you never forget it's there.