Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction; any references to a person, place, or thing is purely coincidental.

Whether it derives from work or school,

Stress haunts you in unspeakable ways.

Slowly creeping upon you each day,

Whether it may be daylight or nighttime,

It creeps up behind you,

Without making a sound.

Once it creeps up behind you,

Its deathly claws reaching your head,

It shrieks.

Shrieking and shrieking,

Endlessly.

No matter how hard you clutch your head,

Hoping to end the screams,

It will never end.

No matter how hard you plead,

Begging for mercy,

It will never end.

The pressure it puts upon your head,

You become Atlas.

For eternity you live under the pressure,

Hoping someone would take it all away.

But no one does.

In the end,

The shrieks never leave.