“Maybe it just sags/ like a heavy load”

           In this poem the lines “Maybe it just sags/ like a heavy load.” Creates a visual of being overwhelmed by a deferred dream. Heavy loads cause objects to sag as the over powering weight becomes to hard to withstand. The image used to represent this overpowering weight is the visual of someone stinking into dark water. The feeling an unfulfilled dream can cause often creates tremendous negative weight on a person’s life. This feeling of rejection from one’s desires weighs down a person’s ability to succeed. The words “sag” and “heavy load” corresponds to this image as someone’s weight of unfulfilled desires drags them down towards darkness and negativity. The drowning represent the overpowering weight that leads people to their downfall. The image represents the pressure and lack of strength someone develops that causes them to decline negatively in their everyday life. The location of this image is in a random room representing the effect this feeling has on someone’s life as she is drowning in her own home.   Deferred dreams compare to the weighed person in the image as they sink and become consumed by their failures and unsuccessful passions.